Tuesday by David Wiesner

I have many, many favorite picture books. This tends to be a natural thing I would suspect as an elementary school librarian. It has taken me awhile to narrow the list down to my favorite picture book. Today I remembered, my favorite picture book is Caldecott Medal winner Tuesday by David Wiesner. I love this book for many reasons: 1) I like frogs, I have a rather large collection of frogs; 2) It is a very humorous book. 3) It only has about 9 words making it truly a picture book. 4) The illustrations are fantastic. I had the opportunity, quite by accident as I didn't realize it was there, to see a showing of Wiesner's illustrations for this book at the Dallas Museum of Art. Can't decide which picture I like the best, but I'm leaning towards the last two. They just tickle me....oh....you'll have to read the book yourself, I'm not going to describe it!

(The posting above can also be found at We blog books! with one exception. I chose not to link the Dallas Museum of Art. Recently an elementary art teacher lost her job/was forced to resign due to a trip to the museum. Students inadvertently saw nude art. Therefore, I'm playing it safe and not linking the museum on that page. I dislike being a conformist at times, but realize the necessity of it also...)