The Book With No Words

Imagine a book that is created to inspire young minds to develop their own story. Imagine a book that is created to develop story-telling skills.

Imagine a book that is created to practice sequencing skills.

Imagine a book that allows children to make inferences. 

Now imagine that same book, without words. Wordless Picture Books are an incredible way to develop all of these skills. There are multiple ways to read these books. As the adult, you have the opportunity to play make-believe and go on a wonderful literacy adventure with your child by creating up stories on each page as your child rapidly turns each page with excited apprehension. Or, you could be the audience and give your young learner the opportunity to wow you with their creativity as they twist and mold the story together for you.

Given the opportunity, students will develop their own story within these wordless books. They will develop plot lines and character traits. They will even develop a sense of fluency while telling the stories.

Some of my favorite wordless children’s books are:

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

Home by Jeannie Baker

Shadow by Suzy Lee

Chalk by Bill Thomson

Wave by Suzy Lee