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My first encounter with David Wiesner’s books was stumbling across a copy of The Three Pigs by accident. I was so happy with the playful direction the story went, breaking beyond the simplicity of the original fairy tale and becoming something that would truly stretch my students’ imaginations. More on that book below. Wiesner has been illustrating books since 1980, collaborating with writer Gloria Skurzynski on Honest Andrew. His first work as a writer would come seven years later with Loathsome Dragon, a retelling co-written with his wife, Kim Khang. The following year would see his first solo effort, Free Fall. Since then, Wiesner has written & illustrated eleven additional books, his most recent being Robot Baby (2020). Below are four of his books I highly recommend.