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David Wiesner

Author,Illustrator

(1956 - 0)

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David Wiesner (born February 5, 1956) is an American illustrator and writer of children’s books, known best for picture books including some that tell stories without words. As an illustrator he has won three Caldecott Medals recognizing the year’s “most distinguished American picture book for children.” And he was one of five finalists in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available for creators of children’s books.

He married surgeon Kim Kahng in 1983.



Bibliography

Mr. Wuffles (2013)

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Invading space aliens join up with the ants behind the baseboard, but Mr. Wuffles, savior of the planet, is on the job.

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Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Neptune Rising: Songs and Tales of the Undersea Folk (1982)

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A collection of stories and poems about the merfolk.

Author(s): Jane Yolen
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Night of the Gargoyles (1994)

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At night the gargoyles come down from their perches and frighten the night watchman.

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Author(s): Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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The One Bad Thing About Birthdays (1981)

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The age-old dilemma, what to wish for on your birthday cake?

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Author(s): David R. Collins
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Over Sea, Under Stone (1986)

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The Drew children discover a map in the attic that may point the way to the Grail.

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Author(s): Susan Cooper
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Owly (1982)

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An owlet wants to know the what, where, why and when, not just the WHOO.

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Author(s): Mike Thaler
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (2007)

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While on their way to school the Pevensie children find themselves pulled out of our world into Narnia at the summons of Queen Susan’s horn, blown by Prince Caspian, the rightful king of Narnia.

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
David Wiesner

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The Rainbow People (1989)

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Twenty Chinese folktales brought to the United States.

Author(s): Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Runes of the Lyre (1982)

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The lyre is the key to power in an interplanetary conflict.

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Author(s): Ardath Mayhar
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Seaward (1987)

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Fantasy adventure sends two children, wrenched out of their own time and place travelling to the sea.

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Author(s): Susan Cooper
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Sector 7 (1999)

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A boy on a trip to the Empire State Building gets a tour of Sector 7, where the clouds are made.

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Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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The Serpent’s Children (1984)

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In nineteenth-century China a young girl struggles to protect her family

Author(s): Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Show and Tell: Exploring the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration (2008)

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Profiles twelve contemporary children’s book illustrators.

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Author(s): Dilys Evans
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner
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Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the Worlds’s Most Celebrated Illustrators (2012)

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Interviews with twenty-one illustrators of children’s books.

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Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner
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The Silver Chair (2007)

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Eustace Scrubb who had accompanied Edmund and Lucy on The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, returns to Narnia with his schoolmate Jill Pole and is tasked by Aslan with recovering Caspian’s son, Prince Rilian

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Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
David Wiesner

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Silver on the Tree (1986)

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In the final volume of the “Dark is Rising” series, Will, Bran and the Drews search for the crystal sword.

Author(s): Susan Cooper
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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So You Want to Be a Wizard (1983)

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The first book in a series about two aspiring young wizards.

Author(s): Diane Duane
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1989)

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The apprentice tries to use his master’s magic - with predictable results.

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Author(s): Marianna Mayer
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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The Star Fisher (1991)

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A Chinese-American family moves from Ohio to West Virginia in the 1920’s.

Author(s): Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

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Talking with Artists (1992)

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A collection of interviews with children’s book illustrators.

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Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner
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