European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes sunday april 15 2007 Han my Page by Betty 2007 the my Pago pub Festog company hit meet Illustrator David Wiesner the Caldecott medal is presented each year to the Illustrator of the most distinguished picture Book for children David Wiesner Weesner won the 2007 Caldecott medal for flotsam he has won two other Caldecott medals he won the 1992 medal for tuesday and the 2002 medal for the three pigs he has also won two Caldecott Honor Book awards for sector 7 and tree fall he has written and illustrated More than 20 books for kids childhood David Wiesner said i cant remember a time when i didst do Art i was the kid who Drew the artist he knew he wanted to be an artist by the time he was in the third or fourth Grade he Drew Many pictures of dinosaurs he grew up in new Jersey the youngest of five kids he has a sister and a brother who Are also artistic he got to us their painting supplies when he was a kid he said he also had Good Art teachers in High school and they helped him a lot he said these teachers let him decide what he wanted to learn about Art flotsam tells a Story using Only pictures in it a boy finds a most unusual camera on the Beach look through your newspaper for pictures that grab your interest choose your favorite and make up a Story about it David Wiesner and his wife Kim Kahng have a son Kevin 14 and a daughter Jaime 10 Kim Kahng is a surgeon she retold the Story the loathsome dragon and Wiesner did the Art for that Book the family lives outside of Philadelphia with their two cats his work while he was studying Art at the Rhode Island school of design Wiesner started getting Art jobs he began painting covers for magazines and doing illustrations for textbooks and chapter books soon after he graduated from College he sold his first Book free fall he works in a studio in his Home during the week he takes the kids to school works on his books and painting All Day then stops before dinner he works from five to seven Days a week depending on How close he is to a deadline some favorite things color i cant narrow a color Down to one favorite there is too much to a color to isolate it activities hanging out with the family when Hes not drawing sports playing Tennis and shooting baskets with the kids this year Library week is april 15 21 the theme is come together your Library next week the mini Page works with the National building museum on a Story about Green houses his books Many of his books have few or no words he said i love telling stories with pictures and with few words this is a somewhat More personal experience for the Reader because they Are Reading the Book with their own voices they want to Tell the Story themselves kids Send him Many of their own stories that they have based on the pictures in his books he said some stories dont need words he can Tell Early on if a Story is going to need both pictures and words the Story usually comes out As he draws he said he May have vague ideas to Start out but the act of drawing wakes up All parts of the creative process jacket arte1991 by David Wiesner pubs feed by Clarion books tuesday is a Book with few words it tells of amazing events that unfold tuesday evenings in the animal kingdom advice to kids if Art is something you enjoy doing do it a lot keep a Sketchbook accessible draw things you really like dont worry about what anybody else has to say about it there is plenty of time to learn More technical things there is no such thing As being perfect the three pigs is a very different twist on the familiar fairy tale next week Green houses