"For all picture books, even in those intended for younger readers, there is an expectation that the books are well written with pleasing, literary language. Age is taken into account, but the writing is not simplistic, choppy, or condescending to children."
This shows that even young readers have taste and appreciate good literature. Even though the pictures may be fantastic and colorful, the readers mind would still like to be stimulated with words. I've learned in my educations classes that picture books are instrumental in picture walks. Students will go through the book without reading the words and make predictions about the story through the pictures and what they see. It is fun to see how the story plays into the pictures and may or may not be different from that predicted.
David Wiesner is an incredible illustrator who has also written a couple of stories. His illustrations are amazing with the shapes and the colors and how they play together.
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Flotsam
The Three Pigs
Sector 7
Tuesday
Hurricane
Night of the Gargoyles
David Wiesner's work is often referred to as having a dreamlike quality. His books are often considered to be cinematic because the pictures invoke the readers mind to think about what comes after and leading up to the next image.
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