The mortal chess pieces escort the boy into a castle, forest, and library, at which point he is whisked away with book pages and other flying oddities until he is delivered safely back to his own bed. It depicts a young boy who falls asleep while reading an atlas and soon discovers he has landed upon an enormous chessboard. Free Fall is a wordless picture book that earned Wiesner a Caldecott Honor citation in 1989. His first book, Free Fall, and additional titles take readers on flights of fancy. In looking at the books that Wiesner has written and illustrated, it is apparent he has the ability to appeal to the imagination while encouraging readers to believe in the events or places he depicts. He did this successfully with his 1992 Caldecott Medal book, Tuesday, and has accomplished this feat once again with The Three Pigs, a somewhat familiar story that certainly transports readers beyond the traditional tale. and it all started with Bugs Bunny.ĭavid Wiesner, 2002 Caldecott Medal speech at the American Library Association Convention, June 2002ĭavid Wiesner has a unique style of visual storytelling that immediately grabs readers' attention and plunges them into whatever fantasy realm he has created. The Three Pigs is the culmination of nearly a lifetime thinking about a particular visual concept.
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