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cboettcher's review against another edition
4.0
This wordless picture book won the Caldecott Medal from 1991. It chronicles the adventures of a Tuesday night, when frogs begin to fly and wreak havoc on the town.
While I am not a professional at analyzing illustrations, but this book had so much to look at and to analyze. With each page readers will be kept wondering what is going on with the frogs, and the ending invites readers to imagine what will happen next Tuesday, or the following Tuesday.
Whenever anyone says that reading is words on a page, show them Tuesday. There is no better way to teach someone about reading pictures than by a wordless picture book such as this one.
While I am not a professional at analyzing illustrations, but this book had so much to look at and to analyze. With each page readers will be kept wondering what is going on with the frogs, and the ending invites readers to imagine what will happen next Tuesday, or the following Tuesday.
Whenever anyone says that reading is words on a page, show them Tuesday. There is no better way to teach someone about reading pictures than by a wordless picture book such as this one.
thestarlesscasea's review against another edition
4.0
The theme for one of my book clubs this month is "childhood favorites," so I gathered an assortment of some of the books I remember loving as a wee bean. I remembered this one having cool artwork and being sort of surreal but didn't remember a lot of details. I think my love of frogs has grown over the years, and I love artwork depicting nighttime settings, so this was right up my alley. There's barely any text, so you can just enjoy the beautiful images and wild scenarios, would recommend.
heatherday916's review against another edition
4.0
I am not a picture book person and, truthfully, only picked it up because it's on my 100 best books list. This book completely drew me in. The artwork is just beautiful and does a great job of portraying a whimsical and funny story. I was very pleasantly surprised.
allmadhere106's review against another edition
5.0
An excellent book about the mysterious happenings on one special Tuesday evening. Almost completely wordless, the book is a good read for all ages. Wonderful.
kinsey304's review against another edition
5.0
_Tuesday_, a Caldecott Medal winning book by David Wiesner is a fantastic picture book. I was confused when I first began reading this book because there was a significant lack of words; however, as I continued I soon realized that this story is told through illustrations. I love the creativity of this book. Frogs flying on lily pads is certainly something I never would have dreamed of.
I think this book is very appropriate for preschoolers because since there are so few words, the children know exactly what is going on without anyone having to tell them. They would also identify with the creativity of frogs and pigs flying because of their vast imaginations. I would use this book to show children how much illustrations can influence the reader's perception of the story. I think it would be a wonderful opportunity to show children how influential their personal artwork may be.
The artwork is crucial to this book because it tells the entire story. I think the illustrations are very intense because they are telling the entire story. The colors used are almost all darker greens and blues, which I believe attribute to the mysterious mood. I mean it is pretty mysterious that frogs are flying all of a sudden. I think that younger children would particularly love this book because it is essentially all pictures; however, they may have difficulty following the order of events just by the pictures. I love how the book uses panels to show the order of events throughout the story. Some of the illustrations do run across the gutter in order to expand events and create a background for some of the panels that are telling the story. There are some illustrations that create a perspective in which it shows the reader that the frogs are not on lily pads in random places, but they are actually flying through the nighttime. The notable artistic style in this book is surrealism because flying frogs or pigs are certainly things that only appear in one's wildest dreams or imagination. I mainly see the medium in the frogs' bodies. Their bodies appear bumpy and rough to the touch in the illustration.
I think this book is very appropriate for preschoolers because since there are so few words, the children know exactly what is going on without anyone having to tell them. They would also identify with the creativity of frogs and pigs flying because of their vast imaginations. I would use this book to show children how much illustrations can influence the reader's perception of the story. I think it would be a wonderful opportunity to show children how influential their personal artwork may be.
The artwork is crucial to this book because it tells the entire story. I think the illustrations are very intense because they are telling the entire story. The colors used are almost all darker greens and blues, which I believe attribute to the mysterious mood. I mean it is pretty mysterious that frogs are flying all of a sudden. I think that younger children would particularly love this book because it is essentially all pictures; however, they may have difficulty following the order of events just by the pictures. I love how the book uses panels to show the order of events throughout the story. Some of the illustrations do run across the gutter in order to expand events and create a background for some of the panels that are telling the story. There are some illustrations that create a perspective in which it shows the reader that the frogs are not on lily pads in random places, but they are actually flying through the nighttime. The notable artistic style in this book is surrealism because flying frogs or pigs are certainly things that only appear in one's wildest dreams or imagination. I mainly see the medium in the frogs' bodies. Their bodies appear bumpy and rough to the touch in the illustration.
lauren_mccune's review against another edition
5.0
I am absolutely transported by Mr. Wiesner's children's books, and love that he chooses a word-less narrative with which to share his tales. And that the story's often center on things that occur or are seen in the sky. "Tuesday" begins one Tuesday night in a pond when all of the frogs & their lily pads are lifted from the water and begin to fly through the night sky, closer & closer to the city...and for the rest? You'll have to take my word for it!