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David Wiesner Author / Illustrator

David Wiesner Author / Illustrator. About David Wiesner. David Wiesner is 58 years old. He was born on February 5, 1956 in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

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David Wiesner Author / Illustrator

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  1. David WiesnerAuthor/Illustrator

  2. AboutDavid Wiesner • David Wiesner is 58 years old. • He was born on February 5, 1956 in Bridgewater, New Jersey. • David is an American author and illustrator of children books. He is best known for his picture books including some that tell stories without words. • His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and has won numerous awards in the United States and abroad. • David and his family currently live outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  3. Books that have received Caldecott medals 2007 2001 1991

  4. Books that have received Caldecott Honors 1988 1999 2013

  5. Some of David’s other books 1992 2010 1994 1990 1987

  6. As author and illustrator All of David Wiesner’s works • 1987 Loathsome Dragon, retold by Wiesner and Kim Kahng • 1988 Free Fall • 1990 Hurricane • 1991 Tuesday • 1992 June 29, 1999 • 1999 Sector 7 • 2001 The Three Pigs • 2006 Flotsam • 2010 Art & Max • 2013 Mr. Wuffles!

  7. As illustrator • 1980 Honest Andrew by Gloria Skurzynski • 1980 Man from the Sky by Avi • 1981 Ugly Princess by Nancy Luenn • 1981 One Bad Thing about Birthdays by David R. Collins • 1981 Boy who Spoke Chimp by Jane Yolen • 1982 Owly by Mike Thaler • 1982 Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea Folk by Jane Yolen • 1983 Miranty and the Alchemist by Vera Chapman • 1984 Dark Green Tunnel by Allan W. Eckert • 1985 Wand: the Return to Mesmeria by Allan W. Eckert • 1985 E.T., the Storybook of the Green Planet by William Kotzwinkle; based on the film story by Steven Spielbergand Melissa Mathison, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) • 1986 Kite Flier by Dennis Haseley • 1988 Firebrat by Nancy Willard • 1989 The Rainbow People by Laurence Yep • 1989 The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Marianna Mayer • 1991 Tongues of Jade by Laurence Yep • 1994 Night of the Gargoyles by Eve Bunting

  8. QuotebyDavid Wiesner Part of David Wiesner’s Caldecott Medal Acceptance Speech for Flotsam in 2007 When I was in the fourth grade, my teacher read this little poem by Ogden Nash to the class. I’ve never forgotten it. From that point on, the words flotsam and jetsam were part of my vocabulary. They were funny-sounding and interesting in meaning. While flotsam technically refers specifically to maritime debris, I like the more colloquial definition referring to odds and ends that can turn up anywhere—on the beach, on land, even in your mind. Flotsam on a cosmic scale—images, ideas, and memories floating through time and space—appeals to me now. As a kid, though, I only knew the down-to-earth kind. The most remarkable piece of flotsam I ever found was buried in a brook that ran through the woods at one end of my neighborhood.  The woods seemed huge back then, but they were really just an undeveloped acre of land. It was an exciting and mysterious place to play, and, despite repeated severe cases of poison ivy, I couldn’t keep away. One day when I was eight or nine years old, my friend Brian Wilbur and I were digging around in the brook, as we often did. We were probably trying to build a dam, one of our favorite activities. We were soaked. Suddenly, we saw something poking out of the mud under the water. It appeared to be a face. And a leg. And they weren’t human. I dug my hand into the mud and pulled the object out—it was very heavy—and rinsed it off in the flowing water. It was a black metal figure of a bull, about six inches long. At one time it had had ivory horns, but they had been broken off and only stumps remained. The posture was wonderfully contorted, with the head lowered and twisting to look up. The face was an intense grimace, and the features and musculature were rendered in minute detail. 

  9. David’s Creative Process • David usually spends several years creating just one book. That is because many versions are sketched and revised until the story line flows smoothly and each image works the way he wants it to. He creates three-dimensional models of objects he can't observe in real life, such as flying pigs and lizards standing upright, to add authenticity to his drawings.

  10. Relatedwebsites • http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/index.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wiesner • http://www.davidwiesner.com/

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