Illustrated by David Wiesner
Published by Clarion Books 1991
ISBN: 0-395-55113-7
Rating: 5/10
This wordless picture book was cute, but kind of odd. Wiesner uses illustrations to tell a story of the explorations of frogs on a casual Tuesday night.
The watercolor illustrations are beautiful and show the different unrealistic adventures of the frogs in a vivid manner. The details of even the frogs themselves are so precise. Although the pictures were fun to look at, I was not the biggest fan of the story line. It consisted of frogs floating around at night on lily pads while the rest of the world sleeps. Not my cup of tea, but if any reader is a huge frog fan they might get some enjoyment out of it.
Any time you are reading a wordless picture book by Wiesner it is going to be fantastical and mysterious. Many kids will delight in its fantastical elements, but it is not for all readers as you point out!
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