Reports of frogs that could either be Wallace’s flying frog or a very similar species have been made in several other countries including Laos, Vietnam and China. Habitat Create a twilight palette of blues, greens and greys as David Wiesner has done. Paint a scene from the book, or your own scene set at this time of day. You might like to use the internet or other sources to find an image of John Singer Sargent’s ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’ and talk about the way the artists has captured the twilight with white flowers and glowing lanterns. Prize-winning books What might be happening inside the houses? Talk briefly about the sorts of things people might be doing at this time of night. Wallace’s flying frog forms breeding aggregations (groups) on the ground near a body of water. The frogs gather in vegetation near to forest pools or by wallows – pools made by large mammals such as pigs and rhinos. As above, invite the children to share their thoughts and use the supplementary prompts, if needed.

Tuesday is a strange title for a book. Encourage the children to speculate why it might be called this. Wallace’s flying frog facts, pictures and in-depth information. Find out about an amazing flying frog that is capable of traveling up to 50ft. through the air!

Female Wallace’s flying frogs produce a fluid which they beat into foam with their hind limbs. They then lay their eggs inside the resulting bubble nest. The male frog fertilizes the eggs with sperm as they are being laid by the female. Alternatively, cover the title of the book so that children cant read it and after reading ask them what they think the title might be. Reveal the title and discuss whether they are surprised. Where has David Wiesner positioned the reader? (Behind the frogs, on the same level. To the reader it looks as though we are flying along with the frogs). Tree-climbing snakes are known predators of Wallace’s flying frogs. Is Wallace’s Flying Frog Endangered?

Wallace’s flying frog was one of the first flying frogs to be described (i.e. officially named as a species). The species is named after English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who first discovered a specimen in Sarawak, Borneo.

Tuesday by David Wiesner takes place on (you guessed it) a Tuesday; to be more exact, on a Tuesday evening around eight. At around that time, an unknown force rises all the frogs on lily pads, from a swamp, into the air and takes them around a nearby town for a joy ride. Their adventure, through the town’s suburban neighborhoods, lasts all Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. Text isn’t a direct contributor the story; there’s a grand total of six words in the whole story and are used to describe the time and date. What it does instead is create a mysterious and tone; The use of so little words in the story make the reader feel like they don’t really know what will happen. The line “Tuesday evening, around eight,” is very vague, not revealing anything, just the time. The time of day revealed in the text also adds to the tone. For a child, that time usually means time for bed but for the story, it means the beginning. Look carefully, how has David Wiesner drawn the picture to show that the frog stops suddenly? Can you explain how he has shown that?