![]() Key Characteristic #4: doesn't rush the creative process His imagination needs no stimulus and knows no bounds! Weisner's knack for creating elaborate stories and taking the reader through an almost fairy tale or magic like journey will make children look forward to his next book and won't mind waiting a few years! ![]() Wiesner will also flow some of the same characters into his other books as in the dragon from the Loathsome Dragon finds itself reemerging in Free Fall and most noticeably at the ending in the Three Pigs. Wiesner explores unknown territories of story telling while rarely using words at all. ![]() Not only does Wiesner take years to come up with the ideas for his books but he also takes his time to create a story that takes the reader through the amazing places dreams can take us like in Free Fall, or shows the world through a series of fantastical images from the bottom of the sea like in Flotsam. Wiesner is the author and illustrator of over nine books, five of them earning him Caldecott Medals or Caldecott Honors. When looking through Wiesner's over 25 illustrated books, the first thing that comes to mind while reading his books is his immense imagination. ![]()
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