When I first read through this book, actually, I had no idea what author were talking about. Perhaps there is one reason that this is a wordless book except for three short sentences. This wordless book is my first children book to read, and when I read it first time, I felt uncomfortable. Because I have to rely on the pictures to tell me what the context are. It is the first time I felt that I cannot read without words!! Words are indeed important elements for a book. However, do words are indeed crucial part for a book?
In this book, Tuesday, I use my imagination to connect those pictures. There are no many words so pictures become my biggest sources to follow the story. In the beginning of the book, the scene of night is the key element because there is something going to happen. The illustrator created a scene that differs from ordinary people thought, including me. I never thought that a night could be so “bustling” because of a “flight” of frogs!!! Do you still think the night only belong to owls?? From now on, there were other animals started joining this field but they appeared on Tuesday only. The frogs were flying with lotus leaves through the night, playing with a dog, accidentally bumping the bed sheets of one’s home. I felt that they enjoyed the night and the night for them was a huge playground. No one could interfere with the enjoyment and Tuesday was the day they were most looking forward to!! Unluckily, one witness ever had seen this scene and a dog. Next day, street was crowded because there were so many lotus leaves left on the ground. The policeman came to investigate what happened and asked the only witness. Apparently he didn’t believe what he saw and of course no one would believe him as well. This weird event left a mysterious and unsolved matter in the town.
In the last page of book, the character became pigs!!! Why? Where were the frogs?? However, this time as a reader I guess, next Tuesday is happy time for pigs to play in the night. Will pigs have the same acts as frogs? Perhaps they’ll have another plan for this Tuesday!! Tuesday, for people, maybe it is a common day in a week; but this day is a big day for some animals. The illustrator subverts my stereotype of a night, tranquil and untroubled. The frogs like naughty children who are playing without parents’ supervision. When sun raises, they hide or pretend nothing happened. Perhaps when people are ready to sleep, there is a special occasion or event is about to start for animals only!!!
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