Tuesday

Tuesday by David Wiesner is an almost wordless book about frogs flying on their lily pads during the night. This book starts off at Tuesday evening and shows the progression of the frogs jetting off through the night. They create a quite a commotion and the next morning the police are looking for the culprits. It ends with the story of pigs flying the following Tuesday.
I thought this was a very creative book. I can see children reading this book and letting their imaginations run wild. I am sure many children have thought about what animals do at night and this book gives some insight into what children may be thinking. The pictures in this book are beautiful and very detailed. Just by looking at the pictures children can create their own story about what they think is going on. I really liked the end of the story where they introduce pigs flying the next Tuesday. This will get children thinking and talking about what they think the pigs will do.
I would use to this as a start of a lesson to get students thinking. I would then have the students go back to their desks and draw a picture about what they think a certain animal does at night. I would also use this book to prompt students to create their own story. Children will read this book as a class and create words for the pictures. They will then go create their own story with pictures. This is a great book to get students imaginations running wild. It also gives them the opportunity to tell the story in their own words, what they think is going on.