Tuesday: A Caldecott Award Winner

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I chose the 10 most recent additions to my Goodreads to-read list, whether I owned them already or not. The surrealism is cool but damn, can he convey a surprising amount with the faces of creatures one does not think of being expressive. I’ve been trying to think of cool ideas to get my followers more involved… and then I came across this. David Wiesner’s story is interesting as the only words that he uses in this book are the short sentences that tell the reader what time the magical event is taking place.

The Hunger Games was a finished series for me, but it was on the DNF list for so long until last year. So now we know what Pointless creator Richard Osman has been up to behind that laptop: drawing on his passion for classic English crime fiction for his own attempt at the genre. If you’d like to link up to my weekly topics with everyone else, just visit the main page of my blog every Tuesday! Wiesner creates a wonderful dream sequence in a wordless exploration that makes the picture book format seem limitless. Her sidekicks include militant “Red” Ron Ritchie, who has a West Ham tattoo on his neck and vociferous opinions to match; and former nurse Joyce, the quiet one in a lavender blouse and mauve cardigan, who goes unnoticed but notices everything.As a child growing up in suburban New Jersey, Wiesner re-created his world daily in his imagination. I guess that this is one of those books that enforce the reader to really use their imagination and think. As some Character Talent Materials look like books (or scrolls), they are commonly referred to as "talent books" by the community. At the Rhode Island School of Design, Wiesner was able to commit himself to the full-time study of art and to explore further his passion for wordless storytelling.

In this one, the only word used (and it's used sparingly) is Tuesday as a reminder that all the events are taking place on a Tuesday night. Elizabeth, the prime mover, was “the sort of teacher who terrifies you all year then gets you a grade A and cries when you leave”. Mary Lou White, from the Caldecott Award Selection Committee chair summarizes Wiesner's work as a "masterful use of light and dark, alternating perspectives, and variation in page design". August 29: Water ( This can be covers with water on them, books with bodies of water in them, titles with bodies of water in them, etc.This unique and eccentric story allows for perfect opportunities for prediction and speculation during discussion.

Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information. All characters' talent upgrade costs follow the same pattern, only differing in which materials they use.Wiesner's visuals are stunning: slightly surrealistic, imbued with mood and mystery, and executed with a seemingly flawless command of palette and perspective. Wiesner has always been intrigued by and curious about what comes before and after the captured image. The images before him generated a love of detail, an admiration for the creative process, and a curiosity about the hand behind the drawings.

The whimsical account of a Tuesday when frogs were airborne on their lily pads will continue to enchant readers of all ages. Perhaps it was this decor which awakened his creativity and gave it the dreamlike, imaginative quality so often found in his work. Only the fastidious Egyptian psychiatrist Ibrahim feels like a bit of a cipher, included to introduce a hint of diversity. Text isn’t a direct contributor the story; there’s a grand total of six words in the whole story and are used to describe the time and date.Children love the watercolor illustrations and their imaginations can run wild with this story because it’s surreal. The atmosphere in literature might be tense, fast-paced, mysterious, spooky, whimsical, or joyful and can be found in poetry, stories, novels, and series. Recommended for fans of whimsical, esotheric wordless picture books, both young and old, and considering that I am really not all that much a fan of the former, my praise and my sweet enjoyment of Tuesday does indeed say quite a lot (as those of you who know me, are probably more than well aware of the fact that I generally much more appreciate and enjoy reading written narratives and that wordless picture books often leave me profoundly unsatisfied, something that has and fortunately not been at all the case for me with David Wiesner's Tuesday). Caldecott Medalist Wiesner (Tuesday) again takes to the air, with watercolors that render words superfluous. His books somehow convey the sequence of thoughts leading up to and following each picture, and that quality explain why they are frequently described as cinematic.