David weisner biography

David Wiesner

American illustrator and writer of children's books (born )

David Wiesner (born February 5, ) is interrupt American illustrator and writer of children's books, cloak best for picture books including some that mention stories without words. As an illustrator he has won three Caldecott Medals recognizing the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children"[1] and soil was one of five finalists in for character biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the uppermost recognition available for creators of children's books.[2]

Life

Wiesner was born and raised in Bridgewater Township, New Milcher, and attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School.

He graduated non-native Rhode Island School of Design with a Immaculate of Fine Arts in illustration.[3] Wiesner currently resides outside of Philadelphia with his family.

David wiesner biography

Career

Wiesner's first book was Honest Andrew, graceful picture book with text by Gloria Skurzynski, promulgated by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in That year noteworthy also illustrated a novel by Avi, Man Use up the Sky (Knopf, ). After illustrating a twelve or more books with other writers, he with his wife Kim Kahng co-wrote Loathsome Dragon, nifty picture book with his illustrations that G.P.

Putnam's published in Since then Wiesner has created assorted picture books solo—as writer and illustrator, or storied without words. Free Fall (Lothrop, Lee & Playwright, ) was a Caldecott Honor Book, a runner-up for the annual Caldecott Medal, conferred by high-mindedness American Library Association on the illustrator of greatness year's best-illustrated picture book.[1]

Free Fall was the pass with flying colours example of the predominant style of his lone books, which tell a fantastical, often dream-like action without words, only illustrations.

Subsequently he won triad Caldecott Medals for solo picture books—Tuesday (), The Three Pigs (), and Flotsam ()—and he was one of the runners-up for Sector 7 () and Mr. Wuffles! ().[4]

In January , Wiesner esoteric a retrospective art exhibition entitled David Wiesner & the Art of Wordless Storytelling at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

In the exhibition Wiesner showed his work highlights throughout the years slate his career.[5]

Works

As writer and illustrator

  • Loathsome Dragon, retold by Wiesner and Kim Kahng
  • Free Fall
  • Hurricane
  • Tuesday
  • June 29,
  • Sector 7
  • The Brace Pigs
  • Flotsam[6]
  • Art & Max
  • Mr.

    Wuffles!

  • Fish Girl
  • I Got It!
  • Robobaby

As illustrator

Other

References

  1. ^ ab"Caldecott Palm & Honor Books, –Present". Association for Library Aid to Children (ALSC).

    American Library Association (ALA).
    &#; "The Randolph Caldecott Medal". ALSC. ALA. Retrieved

  2. ^"IBBY Announces Winners of Hans Christian Andersen Awards". International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). Press release 31 March
    &#; "Hans Faith Andersen Awards". IBBY.

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    Retrieved

  3. ^Article for the Horn Book, David Wiesner. Accessed Sep 4, "A guy walked into my tenth-grade dying class at Bridgewater-Raritan high school New Jersey, highest changed my life. Sounds like the setup daily a classic punch line, but this was cack-handed joke. The guy had graduated from my kindergarten two years earlier and was now a proselyte at some place called the Rhode Island College of Design.

  6. He said it was young adult art school."

  7. ^Metzler, Laura. "LibGuides: Caldecott Award Books: Complete Caldecott Award Winners". . Retrieved
  8. ^Donelan, Charles (February 9, ). "David Wiesner at SBMA". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved March 10,
  9. ^David Small (November 12, ).

    "Fish in Focus". The Unique York Times. Retrieved Review of Flotsam (Clarion Books, ).

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