Tuesday
Author: David Wiesner
Illustrator: David Wiesner Publisher: Clarion Books Year of Publication: 1991 Genre: Fiction Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Tuesday has a Kirkus starred rating and a Horn Book rating of 2 Summary: Tuesday depicts a pictoral story of strange happenings in a neighborhood. Summary of Professional Reviews: Kirkus Review on CLCD calls Tuesday a nifty depiction of the story with few words. Horn Book refers to the story as surreal with illustrations in watercolors that “show a humorous range of expressions.” Horn Book also notes the forecasting at the end of the story as well. |
Review by Christine Grasser: Tuesday is a story that is told through rich illustrations. There is an introductory text in the beginning and from there the reader can easily follow the events, with a little help of more text in the timeline. The story is easy to follow when using the cues within the pictures. The illustrations have very good details that can capture a young reader's attention.
This book would be useful when teaching…
This book would be useful when teaching…
- Tuesday can be used to introduce students to such items as plots and settings. Using the pictures as a guide, students can orally express what is going on in the story by what they see in the pictures. This book may also help with distinguishing between written text, and pictoral texts as well.