Title: CIRCLE SQUARE MOOSE Written by: Kelly Bingham Illustrated by: Paul O. Zelinsky Published by: Harper Collins Children’s Books, 2014 Themes/Topics: shapes, moose, zebra, friendship Suitable for ages: 3-7 Opening: Shapes are all around us. We see them every day. Have you ever looked … Continue reading
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By: JOANNA MARPLE,
on 9/4/2015
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New Jersey native, David Wiesner, was talking Tuesday (and Flotsam and Free Fall) on Tuesday at the New Jersey Library Association Conference in Long Branch, New Jersey.
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| David Wiesner, signing books at NJLA |
Librarians who attended the afternoon Children's Services Section program featuring illustrator, David Wiesner, were treated to a glimpse of the painstaking process of creating award-winning wordless picture books. Personable and humble, he detailed his long-standing love of art, comic books and painting - even sharing his Kindergarten artwork.
Then, he took the appreciative crowd on a step-by-step journey from idea to sketch, to layout, to revision, to painting, to finished product. His presentation was peppered with humor as well. Want to know why frogs fly? So do a lot of other people, but David Wiesner doesn't really care why they fly. In his mind, they just do. Wonder why there are pigs in Free Fall? If something tells him to add a few pigs, he doesn't question it, he simply adds a few pigs! He also called attention to little known details. Many of the children in Flotsam are based on his family members and friends; others from Google Images. Ever notice the froggy clouds in Tuesday? The reflection of the camera in Flotsam's fish eye cover? Wiesner's attention to detail knows no bounds.
Spend some time reacquainting yourself and your young readers with the imaginative worlds of David Wiesner's picture book collection.
Then, he took the appreciative crowd on a step-by-step journey from idea to sketch, to layout, to revision, to painting, to finished product. His presentation was peppered with humor as well. Want to know why frogs fly? So do a lot of other people, but David Wiesner doesn't really care why they fly. In his mind, they just do. Wonder why there are pigs in Free Fall? If something tells him to add a few pigs, he doesn't question it, he simply adds a few pigs! He also called attention to little known details. Many of the children in Flotsam are based on his family members and friends; others from Google Images. Ever notice the froggy clouds in Tuesday? The reflection of the camera in Flotsam's fish eye cover? Wiesner's attention to detail knows no bounds.
Spend some time reacquainting yourself and your young readers with the imaginative worlds of David Wiesner's picture book collection.
And keep an eye out for his new book coming out in the fall - Art and Max. (And no, they're not pigs; they're lizards)
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