![]() ![]() The resulting nearly wordless book, Tuesday, won the Caldecott Medal for the best U.S picture book in 1992. His cover was a hit and David was inspired to take the imagery further into a full 32-page children’s picture book. The Flying Saucers, 1956, © Columbia Picures Once he began sketching, he discovered, to his great delight, the shape of a frog centered on a round lily pad resembled the classic flying saucer seen in cheesy 50’s science fiction films. The editor said there were several stories about frogs in the issue. He said he always enjoyed the art school assignments that were the most vague, and this magazine assignment was wide open. One of his illustration jobs after college was a cover for the kids’ magazine Cricket. ![]() March 1989 Cricket cover by David Wiesner Instead he attended RISD, Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied with great illustrators including David Macaulay. Oddly enough, he considered attending Kutztown University but was put off by our art test used in our admission’s process. David Wiesner sharing his work with Kutztown University students. The 3-time Caldecott Award winner visited a Communication Design class to share his art and creative process. The great children’s book illustrator Davis Wiesner (WEEZner) came to Kutztown to talk at the 16th annual KU Children’s Literature Conference. ![]()
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