David Wiesner

When he falls asleep with a book in his arms, a young boy dreams an amazing dream-about dragons, about castles, and about an unchartered, faraway land. And you can come along.

Una ola deposita un cacharro viejo en los pies de un ni o que curiosea en la playa. Se trata de una c mara submarina. Emocionado, el ni o lleva a revelar el rollo que encuentra dentro. Las fotos son asombrosas: un pescado de cuerda y complicados engranajes; un pez globo que semeja un globo de aire navegando sobre el mar; extraterrestres miniatura que tratan de domar caballitos salvajes de mar y otras extra as im genes m s. La ltima fotograf a muestra a una muchacha, sosteniendo la foto de un muchacho. Como las im genes se hacen m s peque as, el protagonista las mira a trav s de su lupa, y luego su microscopio. La cadena de ni os sigue atr s a trav s del tiempo, y termina con una imagen de sepia de un muchacho saludando en la playa, sin fotos en la mano, la primera foto de todas. Despu s fotografiarse l mismo sosteniendo la foto, el chico lanza la c mara de regreso al oc ano, donde sta viaja hacia su siguiente due o. Una obra sin palabra que dar mucho que decir. A wave washes up an old object at the foot of a boy exploring on the beach. It's an underwater camera Excited, the boy decides to develop the roll of film that's inside. The photos are incredible: a fish made from rope and complicated gears; a balloon fish that resembles a balloon on the sea; miniature aliens trying to tame wild seahorses; and other strange images. The last photo shows a girl holding a photo of a boy. As the images get smaller, the protagonist examines them through his magnifying glass, and then his microscope. The chain of boys goes back in time and ends with a sepia photo of a boy on the beach, waving, no photo in his hand since he's the first of them all. After photographing himself holding the photo, the boy throws the camera back into the ocean, where it will meet its next owner.

This picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf's huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of pure imagination. The transition signals the start of a freewheeling adventure with characteristic David Wiesner effects—cinematic flow, astonishing shifts of perspective, and sly humor, as well as episodes of flight.Satisfying both as a story and as an exploration of the nature of story, The Three Pigs takes visual narrative to a new level. Dialogue balloons, text excerpts, and a wide variety of illustration styles guide the reader through a dazzling fantasy universe to the surprising and happy ending. Fans of Tuesday's frogs and Sector 7's clouds will be captivated by old friends—the Three Pigs of nursery fame and their companions—in a new guise. Author Biography: David Wiesner's interest in visual storytelling dates back to high school days when he made silent movies and drew wordless comic books. Born and raised in Bridgewater, New Jersey, he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration. Whil ea student, he created a painting nine feet long, which he now recognizes as the genesis of Free Fall, his first book of his own authorship, for which he was awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal in 1989. Tuesday was the 1992 Caldecott Medal Winner. Mr. Wiesner and his wife, Kim Kahang, and their two children live in Philadelphia, where he devotes full time to illustration and she pursues her career as a surgeon.

Only the person who gave us Tuesday could have devised this fantastic tale, which begins with a school trip to the Empire State Building. There a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7 (the region that includes New York City). The clouds are bored with their everyday shapes, so the boy obligingly starts to sketch some new ones. . . . The wordless yet eloquent account of this unparalleled adventure is a funny, touching story about art, friendship, and the weather, as well as a visual tour de force.

The lively imagination of Caldecott medalist David Wiesner forecasts astounding goings-on for a Tuesday in the not too distant future -- an occurrence of gigantic vegetal proportions. "These witty, wonderfully imaginative pictures reward closer study. Hurray for Wiesner, and his grand sense of humor." -- Kirkus Reviews, pointer ALA Notable Book Horn Book Fanfare Selection Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year Reading Rainbow Feature Selection School Library Journal Best Books of the Year