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Tuesday by David Wiesner
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Tuesday (original 1991; edition 2011)

by David Wiesner

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Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.
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Title:Tuesday
Authors:David Wiesner
Info:Sandpiper (2011), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 32 pages
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Tuesday by David Wiesner (1991)

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This wordless book is a whimsical dream-like adventure that depicts flying frogs in all kinds of landscapes. This book was innovative, experimental, and adventurous all experienced through the beautiful illustrations that told the story.
  kaylee.dicey | Mar 1, 2024 |
1.I would suggest this book to lower elementary or preschool for who you should read this to.
2.This book shows in the middle of the night on a Tuesday the frogs start floating on their lily pads and start exploring the neighborhood. In the end the frogs go back to their home and the humans find the lily pads everywhere on the streets. The last page shows that it is now Wednesday and there are pigs flying.
3.It's a silly book but I would reccomend for a classroom. It is a very silly and entertaining book to a younger student.
  Jennamh8 | Feb 7, 2024 |
This book tells the story of what happens every Tuesday night. Every Tuesday night animals start to fly, and for this specific night it's the frogs who are going on a journey. The frogs get up to all sorts of things. They go into houses and chase dogs. The night ends with all the frogs returning to their homes, or ponds, and all their lily pads spread out across the town. The next Tuesday night, and the last page of the book, shows a bunch of farm animals floating upwards. This book would also be good for kindergarten with it's humorous story and sense of adventure and imagination within the pictures on each page. ( )
  mwik21 | Feb 5, 2024 |
Independent reading level; grades 1-3
Awards: Caldecott medal
  ashleywilliams23 | Dec 5, 2023 |
Independent reading level: Prek-3rd
Awards: Caldecott award
  acarrion0402 | Nov 3, 2023 |
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For Tom Sgouros
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Tuesday evening, around eight.
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ISBN 0395727677 is for June 29, 1999.
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Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.

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This nearly wordless story is told through detailed, colorful, and imaginative illustrations. It is the story of the flight of frogs from the swamp through the town on their lilly pads during the night. Sometimes the illustrations take up two full pages, and sometimes they're cut into frames. For example, the first page has three frames of roughly the same picture. However, as you examine them, you see that, from top to bottom, each picture brings you closer to the main object: the turtle standing on a log. Most of the illustrations are done in cool colors to give the feeling of night. This feeling is sharply contrasted by the scene in the kitchen which is very white and bright, giving the impression of being very well-lit. The illustrations are truly all that was needed to tell the story. I think that words would have been a distraction. The flying frogs have no reason to talk, and no human actually sees them. However, as I was "reading" the story, I could hear chirruping crickets and buzzing mosquitoes in the first page as the turtle waits for what he is about to see, and I could hear Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" throughout the frogs' flight.
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