Frogs on lilipads flying across houses at nighttime.
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David Wiesner, Illustration for Tuesday (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). © 1991 David Wiesner.

2021 Mary Nagel Sweetser Lecture: David Wiesner

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The Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons University and The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art are proud to present the 2021 Mary Nagel Sweetser Lecture. Award-winning author and artist David Wiesner will deliver the lecture, Artist & Reader: Partners in Storytelling, leaving time at the end for audience Q&A.

The 2021 Sweetser Lecture is associated with the exhibition, Speechless: The Art of Wordless Picture Books, curated by David Wiesner and on view at The Carle, July 17 - December 5, 2021.

Who You'll Meet
Author/Illustrator David Wiesner

David Wiesner

David Wiesner is one of the most highly acclaimed picture-book creators working today. He has won the prestigious Caldecott Medal three times, for Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam. He’s also received three Caldecott Honors, for Free Fall, Sector 7, and Mr. Wuffles! 
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Child playing on seashore with seagulls flying overhead.
Past Exhibition

Speechless: The Art of Wordless Picture Books

July 17 - December 5, 2021
Seeing is believing in this celebration of wordless picture books.
Illustration of whale and ship talking.
Story Board

Louder than Words: A History of Wordless Storytelling

Discover the origins of wordless picture books.