Wordless Picture Books

Flotsam By David Wiesner A bright, science-minded boy goes to the skirt equipped to collect and examine flotsam anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, missed toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But theres no way he could have prepared for ace particular discovery a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its experience secrets to share and to keep The Three Pigs By David Wiesner Once upon a time three pigs built three houses, start of straw, sticks, and bricks.A dogged came a wolf, who huffed and puffed So, you think you know the rest? Think again. With David Wiesner at the helm, its never safe to assume too much. When the wolf approaches the first house, for example, and blows it in, he somehow manages to blow the pig right out of the base frame. The textual matter continues on schedule and ate the pig upbut the mystify expression on the wolfs face as he looks in deceitful for his ham dinner is priceless. One by one, the pigs exit the fairy tales border and set off on an adventure of their give birth.Folding a page of their own story into a paper airplane, the pigs fly off to visit early(a) storybooks, rescuing about-to-be-slain dragons and luring the cat and the fiddle out of their nursery rhyme. A Ball for Daisy Chris Rashka 3 and up Daisy is a dog with a ball, and life could not be better. There are games of chase, cuddle times on the couch, and walk of lifes in the pose however, tragedy strikes when Daisys ball bursts (literally). Daisy is pretty depressed, until she receives a present from an unhoped-for friend. The good This is a delightful story. Daisy is the quintessential dog who loves to play, play, play.Chris Raschka (author/illustrator of the 2006 Caldecott winner, Hello, Goodbye window) tells a story of a dog who loves a ball, and does so exclusively by returnsaka no words. Sometimes these types of books return me nervous because they can be difficult to read aloud to kids ho wever, Raschkas watercolor illustrations are playful, fun, and switch telling the story a piece of cake. In fact, this is a story that can be told collaboratively. Let the kids tell you what Daisy is doing in a scene and how Daisy feels in another. The flow of the story does get a puny perplexing when the format of the illustrations switch from page to page.For example, sometimes there is a picture for each page and sometimes the picture goes across both pages. I had to re-read a few pages the first time because I got a little confused on the order of the pictures, but this is a small issue, and you should not be deterred from checking this book out from your local library. This is a story worthy reading and telling. The Lion and the Mouse By Jerry Pinkney In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkneys unuttered adaptation of one of Aesops most beloved fables, an unlikely tally learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted.After a uncultivated lion spares a cowering mouse that hed pl anned to eat, the mouse later comes to his rescue, tone ending him from a poachers trap. With vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti and expressively-drawn characters, Pinkney makes this a truly spare retelling, and his stunning pictures speak volumes. This is a visual retelling of the classic Aesop fable A lion, awakened by a mouse climbing over him, catches the midget animal in his mighty paw. The mouse appeals for mercy and the lion relents. shortly after, the lion is captured in a poachers net.The mouse hears his anguished roars and comes to his aid, gnawing the ropes until the great fauna is freed. The Red Book By Barbara Lehman Kindergarten-Grade 6This complete(a)ly eloquent wordless book tells the complex story of a reader who gets lost, literally, in a little book that has the magic to move her to another place. On her winter-gray walk to school, a young girl spies a books red cover gummy out of a snowdrift and picks it up. During class, she fall ins her treasure and finds a series of square illustrations viewing a map, then an island, then a beach, and finally a boy.He finds a red book buried in the sand, picks it up, opens it, and sees a sequence of urban center scenes that withaltually zoom in on the girl. As the youngsters view one another through the pages of their respective volumes, they are at first surprise and then break into smiles. After school, the girl buys bunches of helium balloons and floats off into the sky, by the way dropping her book along the way. It lands on the street below and through its pages readers see the girl reach her destination and greet her new friend, and it isnt long before another child picks up that magical red book.Done in watercolor, gouache, and ink, the simple, streamlined pictures are rife with invitations to peek inside, to investigate further, andlike a hall of mirrorsreflect, refract, repeat, and reveal. Lehmans story captures the magical possibility that exists every time r eaders open a bookif they allow it they can leave the real founding behind and, like the heroine, be transported by the helium of their imaginations Pancakes for Breakfast By Tomie DePaola Set in the country, Pancakes for Breakfast is a story of a noblewoman who wakes up one cold winter morning and decides to make affectionate pancakes.While originally published in l978, it remains a delightful, timeless lesson on how pancakes are really made. Theres not a frozen package or mix box in sight. Even though there is no story text, DePaolas signature illustrations leave little doubt about how to beat up up a batch of pancakes from scratch. This format provides lots of material for parole and questions by formative young cooks about the origin of ingredients used to make food. It can also be used as an example of encouraging local, sustainable food supplies, which was hip even in the seventies.A pancake normal is included, but feel free to encourage your young chef to add their own f lair, just like the pros. Think outside the box, or book, and add complemental ingredients, such as bananas, berries, apples, or peaches that would add to the flavor, color and nutrition. Stir imaginations by substituting low fat buttermilk or tossing in a fistful of cornmeal, flax meal, crunchy wheat germ, or whole grain flour. Try dipping each sting in low fat maple yogurt instead of syrup. You get the picture. go bad Baby by Vicky CeelenWith these striking and adorable photographs, Vicky Ceelen cleverly captures the similiarities between gentleman and animal babies. From a sleeping baby alongside a snoozing kitty to a teetering toddler and a wobbly duckling, Ceelens comparisons are striking. sleek photos paired with simple text make this board book perfect for human babies everywhere. The photographs are well done and just a joyousness to look at. Im not sure if the concept would be ever-obvious to babies and toddlers. But even if they dont get it get it, they should enjoy looking at the pictures.