![]() ![]() “You read the pictures,” Wiesner said, “and there are no air quotes around ‘read.’ ” When children are allowed to read the pictures in a book for themselves, Wiesner said, they invariably see things that adults don’t. Wiesner spoke warmly about the power that wordless stories give to young readers, and argued that looking at picture books should be regarded as reading, full stop. Every available ticket was claimed, and picture book enthusiasts attended from as far away as Tokyo and Auckland. Although his online presentation meant that viewers could not visit the museum, it offered access to a global audience. Wiesner’s own wordless picture books have won three Caldecott Medals (for Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam) and three Caldecott Honors (for Freefall, Sector 7, and Mr. ![]() ![]() His talk accompanied the opening of an exhibition that he curated at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art called “Speechless: The Art of Wordless Picture Books.” (Wiesner’s talk also served as Simmons University’s Center for the Study of Children’s Literature’s 2021 Mary Nagel Sweetser Lecture.) ![]()
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