Introducing David Wiesner

A book with no words? How does David

Wiesner create his work?

Few of Many Awards…Caldecott Award 2007 – FlotsamCaldecott Award 2002 – Three Little PigsCaldecott Honor Book – Sector 7Caldecott Medal – TuesdayAmerican Bookseller, Pick of Lists – Hurricane & TuesdayBulletin for the Center of Children’s Book , Blue Ribbon – Sector 7 & TuesdaySchool Library Journal, Best Books of the Year – Tuesday, Hurricane, Sector 7, Night of the Gargoyles, & June 29,1999Parenting Magazine, Ten Best Books of the Year – Tuesday

About the Author• Born on February 5, 1956 in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

– As a child, Wiesner re-created his world daily in his imagination.

• Wiesner graduated from Rhode Island School of Design.– Wiesner committed himself full-time to the study of art and to

explore further his passion for wordless storytelling.– While attending Rhode Island School of Design, Wiesner met

Tom Sgouros and David Macaulay.

• Wiesner illustrated more than twenty award-winning books for young readers.

• Today Wiesner lives with his wife and their son and daughter in the Philadelphia area, where he continues to create dreamlike and inventive images for books.

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