Wordless Picture Books
Books that the reader has to interpret
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26 Letters and 99 Cents
By: Tana Hoban
This picture book shows uppercase and lowercase letters next to something that starts with that letter. The reader has to figure out the name of these things on their own. In the other half of the book, numbers are shown next to their value in change. It shows that there is more than one way to make change.
By: Tana Hoban
This picture book shows uppercase and lowercase letters next to something that starts with that letter. The reader has to figure out the name of these things on their own. In the other half of the book, numbers are shown next to their value in change. It shows that there is more than one way to make change.
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Chalk
By: Bill Thomson
Two girls and a boy found a bag of chalk on a rainy day. One girl took the chalk and drew a sun. A real sun appeared and stopped the rain. The other girl drew butterflies, which also came to life. Finally, it was the boy’s turn, and he drew a dinosaur. As expected, the dinosaur came to life, and the children ran to safety. The boy then drew a rain cloud. Real rain appeared, and it washed away the dinosaur. The children put the chalk back and walked off.
This story lets kids know that anything they imagine can come to life in one sense or another. It inspires creativity. The pictures in the book are outstanding. This is a book that children can make up the story to, even though the story is pretty straight-forward.
By: Bill Thomson
Two girls and a boy found a bag of chalk on a rainy day. One girl took the chalk and drew a sun. A real sun appeared and stopped the rain. The other girl drew butterflies, which also came to life. Finally, it was the boy’s turn, and he drew a dinosaur. As expected, the dinosaur came to life, and the children ran to safety. The boy then drew a rain cloud. Real rain appeared, and it washed away the dinosaur. The children put the chalk back and walked off.
This story lets kids know that anything they imagine can come to life in one sense or another. It inspires creativity. The pictures in the book are outstanding. This is a book that children can make up the story to, even though the story is pretty straight-forward.
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Dots, Spots, Speckles, and Stripes
By: Tana Hoban
This book can be correlated to understanding patterns, as many can be found within its pages. Although this book has no noticeable storyline, it can still be used to make up one's own story, by either looking at one or a few
pictures.
By: Tana Hoban
This book can be correlated to understanding patterns, as many can be found within its pages. Although this book has no noticeable storyline, it can still be used to make up one's own story, by either looking at one or a few
pictures.
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Flotsam
By: David Wiesner
A young boy walks around on the beach with a shovel and stumbles upon a crab. The boy and the crab then get hit by a wave. When the wave is gone, the boy spots something that has washed up onto the beach – it’s an old camera. He discovers film inside of the camera, runs to get it developed, and waits. The pictures reveal a robotic fish, an octopus family being read to, a bloat fish acting as a hot air balloon for other fish, turtles with cities on their shells, underwater aliens, islands that are really starfish, and children that took pictures of themselves holding pictures of other children who did the same (from different parts of the world). The boy studies the pictures of children under his scope. He then takes a picture of himself holding the photos and throws the camera back into the ocean. It floats through the ocean on an adventure of its own, and ends up on the beach in the hands of a little girl to continue the cycle.
Although this story did not have words that told what was happening, the storyline was very clear. It was an adventure without having to read any words. This would be a great way for children to take the pictures and add their own imaginative thoughts to the story.
By: David Wiesner
A young boy walks around on the beach with a shovel and stumbles upon a crab. The boy and the crab then get hit by a wave. When the wave is gone, the boy spots something that has washed up onto the beach – it’s an old camera. He discovers film inside of the camera, runs to get it developed, and waits. The pictures reveal a robotic fish, an octopus family being read to, a bloat fish acting as a hot air balloon for other fish, turtles with cities on their shells, underwater aliens, islands that are really starfish, and children that took pictures of themselves holding pictures of other children who did the same (from different parts of the world). The boy studies the pictures of children under his scope. He then takes a picture of himself holding the photos and throws the camera back into the ocean. It floats through the ocean on an adventure of its own, and ends up on the beach in the hands of a little girl to continue the cycle.
Although this story did not have words that told what was happening, the storyline was very clear. It was an adventure without having to read any words. This would be a great way for children to take the pictures and add their own imaginative thoughts to the story.
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Journey
By: Aaron Becker
A little girl found a piece of red chalk on her bedroom floor. She used it to draw a door on her wall, which she then opened up into a new world. She used the chalk to draw things to help her on her journey. She eventually came across a guarded purple bird in a cage. The girl freed the bird, but the guards caught her and put her in a cage. The bird that she saved came to give her chalk back. She continued on and found a boy with magic purple chalk like hers; the bird was his drawing.
By: Aaron Becker
A little girl found a piece of red chalk on her bedroom floor. She used it to draw a door on her wall, which she then opened up into a new world. She used the chalk to draw things to help her on her journey. She eventually came across a guarded purple bird in a cage. The girl freed the bird, but the guards caught her and put her in a cage. The bird that she saved came to give her chalk back. She continued on and found a boy with magic purple chalk like hers; the bird was his drawing.
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Sector 7
By: David Wiesner
On an observatory trip, a boy meets a cloud figure. They have some fun together, and the cloud flies the boy out into the open air. It takes him to a place in the sky called Sector 7. Inside are more clouds. There, the boy draws the clouds sketches of different shapes that they’ll turn into such as fish. A man notices the boy and sends him back to the observatory. The beautiful and newly shaped clouds then took to the sky.
By: David Wiesner
On an observatory trip, a boy meets a cloud figure. They have some fun together, and the cloud flies the boy out into the open air. It takes him to a place in the sky called Sector 7. Inside are more clouds. There, the boy draws the clouds sketches of different shapes that they’ll turn into such as fish. A man notices the boy and sends him back to the observatory. The beautiful and newly shaped clouds then took to the sky.
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Tuesday
By: David Wiesner
On a Tuesday, at night, frogs ride through the air on lily pads; they fly all through town. By sunrise, the lily pads no longer work, and the frogs go back to the water. People find the fallen lily pads around the town, and aren’t quite sure what really happened. On the Tuesday after that, pigs fly.
By: David Wiesner
On a Tuesday, at night, frogs ride through the air on lily pads; they fly all through town. By sunrise, the lily pads no longer work, and the frogs go back to the water. People find the fallen lily pads around the town, and aren’t quite sure what really happened. On the Tuesday after that, pigs fly.