Reader’s Annotations: Something absolutely bonkers happened on Tuesday! Wiesner gives no explanation for a legion of flying toads on lily pads that Tuesday night, and readers simply get to delight in the absurdity of it all! Especially when pigs fly, the next Tuesday night!
Author: David Wiesner
Illustrator: David Wiesner
Age: 5 - 8 years
genre/subject: children's picture book, children's fantasy
Plot Summary: The readers are first given the date and time and then taken to a peaceful pond with unsuspecting toads sitting on lily pads. Then, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the toads begin to fly over the pond and through the fields, through a village with sleepy people. The next morning, citizens awake to find lily pads littered throughout the town. Officers tower over the evidence, rubbing their chins. But that is not all, the story ends on the following tuesday, when pigs fly through the night sky.
Evaluation: Wonderful fiction for children. There is no real moral or lesson to be learned in this story, simply something silly to observe. Great for sparking the imagination in young readers.
Significance & Bibliographic Usefulness:
Readalikes: Other picture books with minimal text.
Awards/Lists:
Age: 5 - 8 years
genre/subject: children's picture book, children's fantasy
Plot Summary: The readers are first given the date and time and then taken to a peaceful pond with unsuspecting toads sitting on lily pads. Then, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the toads begin to fly over the pond and through the fields, through a village with sleepy people. The next morning, citizens awake to find lily pads littered throughout the town. Officers tower over the evidence, rubbing their chins. But that is not all, the story ends on the following tuesday, when pigs fly through the night sky.
Evaluation: Wonderful fiction for children. There is no real moral or lesson to be learned in this story, simply something silly to observe. Great for sparking the imagination in young readers.
Significance & Bibliographic Usefulness:
Readalikes: Other picture books with minimal text.
Awards/Lists:
- Caldecott Medal (1992)
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award for K-3 (1993)
- Young Hoosier Book Award for K-3 (1993)
Links:
Publishers Weekly
Hook: When Frogs Fly!
Ideas, Uses: Great way to start a creative writing or drawing period for k-3rd graders.
ISBN: 978-0395870822
Page Count: 32
Format: Hardback
Publisher:
Hook: When Frogs Fly!
Ideas, Uses: Great way to start a creative writing or drawing period for k-3rd graders.
ISBN: 978-0395870822
Page Count: 32
Format: Hardback
Publisher:
Pub Date: 1991
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