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
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Changes, Changes
Pat Hutchins;
Simon and Schuster, 1987
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Early Morning in the Barn
Nancy Tafuri;
Greenwillow Books,1983
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Good Night Gorilla
Peggy Rathman;
Putnam, 1994
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Have You Seen My Duckling?
Nancy Tafuri;
William Morrow, 1991
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I Went Walking
Sue Williams;
Harcourt,1992
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Let’s Go Visiting
Sue Williams;
Harcourt, 2000
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Oink
Arthur Geisert;
Houghton Mifflin,1995
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Re-Zoom
Istvan Banyai;
Penguin Putnam, 1998
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Rosie’s Walk
Pat Hutchins;
Simon and Schuster, 1983
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The Snowman Raymond Briggs;
Random House, 1987
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Two Bear Cubs
Ann Jonas;
Houghton Mifflin, 1990
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Zoom Istvan Banyai;
Viking Penguin, 1998
Reprinted with the permission of Reading is Fundamental, Inc. ©2007 Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
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