Tuesday

Title: Tuesday
Author: David Wiesner
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1991
Reading Level: Any age
Pages: 29
Genre: Wordless Picture Book







Summary:

Around eight on a Tuesday weird things begin to happen. The frogs asleep on their lily pads are soon awakened as their lily pads begin to raise up. However, they are not in shock for long. They fly into town and scare all the birds, then they start heading to the houses. A man is shocked as he sits eating his sandwich as frogs fly past his window and one actually waves at him, but the frogs keep going. They fly into the laundry hanging up to dry and some of them are de-lily padded. The rest grab some towels and use them as capes as they continue their adventure. The frogs arrive at a house where a grandmas is sleeping in front of her television. They grab the remote and most of them sit glued watching a show. Another frog starts to be chased by a dog, but soon recruits come and the odds are switched, but then, as they are flying around, frogs begin to fall all over the place. Morning has come and their flying powers with it. They hop back to the pond, much to their dismay. When the people wake up they find lily pads all over town, and the man who was eating a sandwich is reporting to a camera. However, they don't know what happened. However, next Tuesday something odd starts again... what happens when pigs fly? What's unique about this book is that there are almost no words. A few here and there show what time it is, but other than that it's only pictures. This is exciting because it adds so much more to the story. Since there aren't hardly any words you focus more on what's happening in the pictures. The frogs show facial expressions, and you see how much fun they have as the night continues. My favorite is when they are back in their pond and they are upset that they can't fly anymore. It is fun to look for all the frogs and see what each on does.

My Reaction:

I love this book! You can find so many stories within it. I absolutely love looking for the frogs that are doing something other than the main thing on the page. It made me laugh to find new things the more I looked through the story.

Potential Problems:

I didn't recognize any potential problems in this story.

Recommendations:

I would recommend this book to any age. Little kids who can't read, as well as adults who can, are able to use their imaginations with the pictures and come up with their owm story. It would be fun to use in a class and have the students come up with what the frogs are saying as they have their night adventure.