This essentially wordless book is about an ordinary Tuesday evening gone wacky. In this imaginative story, frogs fly on lily pads during the night and invade a town. Residents are startled and once the morning arrives the frogs are gone and only their lily pads are left. Readers are left wondering what will happen next Tuesday, since the last image is flying pigs. The illustrations in this book are magical and the rich blue and green tones really set the mood for a mysterious moonlight journey. As a reader, I felt this book was very creative and made me think about potential story lines and how powerful illustrations can really be. There are endless ways to interpret this book. As a teacher, this book would be great for students who aren't strong readers, but valuable to those who are as well. The class could work together or in groups to write a story to go along with the illustrations. It could also be valuable to have students create their own wordless book for a different day of the week or one for what they think will happen next Tuesday.
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