Tuesday: A Caldecott Award Winner

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Tension: The tension in the picture revolves around whether the woman will wake up to see frogs or not.

Publishers Weekly describes this book as having visuals that are “stunning, slightly surrealistic and imbued with mood and mystery. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Vocabulary development – looking up ‘technical language’ (related to frogs and flying) and using thesauruses to find multiple methods of describing movement etc. Preschool children can use Tuesday to tell (or dictate) the story or inspire creative dramatics to continue the story. The next setting is the frogs in a field where they then jump into the pond, and then pigs start flying in the air near a barn.Short Synopsis of the Story: ‘Tuesday’ is the tale of a series of animal invasions that strike at a particular time and place, namely Tuesday evening at around eight o’clock in a small suburb.

When morning comes around, the frogs go back to the pond like usual, leaving the people scratching their head. The story takes place in a very realistic world, in the suburbs of a small town, but the fact that frogs float on lily pads makes it unrealistic. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have won numerous awards in the United States and abroad. I believe this is a fantastic book to just have around the classroom allowing children to become familiar and engaged with wordless picture books. I think this is a wonderful book, absolutely fantastic for developing young imaginations, helping children to make interpretations about what they see and for developing a good eye for detail.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.