{"id":1341,"date":"2019-07-29T11:12:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T18:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationlibrarybooklists\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2024-04-04T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:10:12","slug":"wordless-picture-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/educationlibrarybooklists\/2019\/07\/29\/wordless-picture-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Wordless Picture Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below are selected wordless picture books which can be used in the ELA classroom.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Flotsam<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by David Wiesner<\/p>\n

On a trip to the beach, a science-minded boy makes a discovery that sparks his imagination like never before.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The Journey Trilogy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Aaron Becker<\/p>\n

These three books –\u00a0Journey<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0Quest<\/em><\/a>, and\u00a0Return<\/em><\/a> – follow the adventures of a young girl who draws a door in her wall with a marker. She meets a strange boy, has to rescue a king and a kingdom, and eventually finds her way back home.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Wave<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Suzy Lee<\/p>\n

A little girl is nervous during her first visit to the beach, but she gradually loses her fear of the roaring waves.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Unspoken: A story from the Underground Railroad<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Henry Cole<\/p>\n

When a farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding in the barn, she is at once startled and frightened. But the stranger’s fearful eyes weigh upon her conscience, and she must make a difficult choice. Will she have the courage to help him?<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Sidewalk flowers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

story by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith<\/p>\n

A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Sidewalk circus<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

story by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes<\/p>\n

A young girl watches as the everyday activities across the street from her bus stop – like putting up posters, washing windows, or climbing a ladder – become a circus<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Wolf in the snow<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Matthew Cordell<\/p>\n

When a wolf cub and little girl are both lost in a snowstorm, they must help each other to find their way home.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> The lion and the mouse<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Jerry Pinkney<\/p>\n

After a ferocious lion in the Serengeti plains spares a cowering mouse that he’d planned to eat, the mouse later comes to his rescue, freeing him from a poacher’s trap.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Window<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Jeannie Baker<\/p>\n

The events and changes in a young boy’s life and in his environment, from babyhood to grownup, are shown through wordless scenes observed from the window of his room.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> The red book<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Barbara Lehman<\/p>\n

This book is about a book: a magical red book without any words. It crosses oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she\u2019s never met is waiting.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Bluebird<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

by Bob Staake<\/p>\n

Follow the journey of a bluebird who becomes friends with a lonely and bullied young boy, and ultimately saves the boy’s life.<\/p>\n

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Finding More Resources<\/h4>\n

To find more resources in this area, try the following:<\/p>\n