AGE LEVEL
1 and 2 year-olds
GENRE
Picture book
REVIEW
As this Caldecott winner opens, a group of frogs, previously sleeping peacefully, are awakened by their lily pads' sudden levitation. The frogs are of course at first quite surprised, but eventually adjust to this development and settle in for their ride above marsh and suburbs, enjoying their new perspective, and the chance to scare a crow and a dog, wave to a man eating a late snack in his kitchen, and watch some television while an elderly woman sleeps. To me, the implications of this story are that anything is possible and that more amazing things happen in this world than most of us are aware. Tuesday is almost completely wordless, with the exception of the noting of the time and date on certain pages. For this reason, I feel that it's a great pick for all ages of young children, who can make up their own stories as they take in the illustrations. The painted illustrations in their nighttime greens, purples, and blues with softly edged background images are lovely, but may be a bit too busy for babies, however.
LIBRARY PROGRAMMING IDEAS
This book can be shared at toddler storytime along with some nonfiction books about frogs.
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