#13 in Picture books
Tuesday
- 32
- Pages
- Caldecott Medal
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Our view
“Tuesday” is a wordless picture book of rare wit, in which David Wiesner lets the pictures carry the whole story. One evening, frogs lift off on their lily pads and float through town, and the panels, laid out much like a comic, make the strange night easy to follow. Winner of the 1992 Caldecott Medal, it works well for sharing with children who cannot yet read.
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About the book
Tuesday, written and illustrated by David Wiesner, is a 1991 wordless picture book published by Clarion Books. Tuesday received the 1992 Caldecott Medal for illustrations and was Wiesner's first of three Caldecott Medals that he has won during his career. Wiesner subsequently won the Caldecott Medal in 2002 for The Three Pigs, and the 2007 medal for Flotsam.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 51 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Picture books average of 8.3. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.5 | 13 | 26% |
| Google Books | 6.0 | 6 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 32 | 63% |
Frequently asked
How long is Tuesday?
It has 32 pages — shorter than 96% of the ranked books in Picture books.
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