Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Wordless and Almost Wordless Picture Books


Wordless picture books are a wonderful way to introduce all young children to concepts they will later apply when learning to read. Adults—parents and others—and children can look at these books together and make up their own words to go along with the illustrations. Here are a few examples of popular wordless picture books.

Anno's Journey
Mitsumasa Anno
Putnam Publishing Group, 1997
Changes, Changes
Pat Hutchins
Simon and Schuster, 1987
Early Morning in the Barn
Nancy Tafuri
Greenwillow Books, 1983

Good Night Gorilla
Peggy Rathman
Putnam, 1994

Have You Seen My Duckling?
Nancy Tafuri
William Morrow, 1991

I Went Walking
Sue Williams
Harcourt, 1992

Let’s Go Visiting
Sue Williams
Harcourt, 2000

Oink
Arthur Geisert
Houghton Mifflin, 1995

Re-Zoom
Istvan Banyai
Penguin Putnam, 1998

Rosie’s Walk
Pat Hutchins
Simon and Schuster, 1983

The Snowman
Raymond Briggs
Random House, 1987

Two Bear Cubs
Ann Jonas
Houghton Mifflin, 1990

Zoom
Istvan Banyai
Viking Penguin, 1998

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