“David Wiesner became fascinated with a different kind of picture book from the ones being published for children. The next Tuesday, at the same time, we’re given a hint of how a more porcine animal will handle such unexpected flight.”ġ00 Best Books for Children offers some fascinating insight into the inspiration behind Wiesner’s works. As the book ends, the frogs are relieved of their otherworldly powers and hop back to the swamps, leaving only their lily pads behind. And they take a great amount of pleasure in scaring a dog that would undoubtedly eat them if it had the chance. They disturb laundry and enter old ladies’ homes to watch a little telly. They disturb a man pausing to eat a late night sandwich. The frogs descend, so to speak, on a nearby suburb, and proceed to wreak some minor havoc. There, a turtle cowers in its shell as black eyed, pupil-less frogs rise on their lily pads out of the water. The plot from my old review: “One of the best pictures in this book is on one of the first pages. Everyone agrees on Wiesner! It’s a gift many an author/illustrator would kill for. But that he has the ability to convince so many people of that talent. It’s not enough that three of his books win Caldecott Awards, but all THREE have also ended up on this Top 100 list! Amazing! Lest you feel he is the sole darling of the librarian set, I think this book gives ample proof that he commands a fair amount of love wherever he goes. The first wordless picture book I ever discovered and fell in love with. I like to say that you’d have to see it to believe it.

This nearly wordless book has a pretty outrageous story of flying frogs.

Tuesday wordless book