![]() ![]() Tuesday won the Caldecott Medal in 1992 and in his acceptance speech Wiesner emphasised the open-endedness of visual storytelling. What might happen next Tuesday, though – could proverbial pigs fly? Spread from Tuesday by David Wiesner ![]() All that remains are a few empty lily pads and some very puzzled humans. Why are these things happening? It’s anybody’s guess… But when daylight comes, the magic stops. In a rich palette of blues and greens – and at various hours of the night – we see, among other things, the frogs crashing into washing, watching television while an old lady naps, and encountering a scary dog. As the full moon rises one night, it shows a large number of frogs taking off on levitating water-lily pads to visit the city and explore people’s homes. Tuesday displays all these characteristics. ![]() They show you an alternative universe and leave you asking questions of ‘how’, what’ and ‘why’. His beautifully constructed works are strange, surreal and intriguing. The American artist David Wiesner is a doyen of the wordless book format. Tuesday – Wordless Books Wordless Books Tuesday (1991) ![]()
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