Staff Picks for Children:
Fun Wordless Picture Books
Enjoy these stories told in pictures.
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Bow Wow Bugs a Bug by Newgarden, Mark
Notes: A wordless picture book about a persistent terrier who spends a day following a bug through his neighborhood.
ISBN: 9780152058135
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2007
Pages: 1 volume - unpaged
Callnumber: jE
The Lion and the Mouse by Pinkney, Jerry
Notes: In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle. Winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal.
ISBN: 9780316013567
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2009
Callnumber: jE 398.2 P656L
Chalk by Thomson, Bill
Notes: A lively picture book about three children who go to a park on a rainy day, find some chalk, and draw pictures that come to life.
ISBN: 9780761455264
Callnumber: JE
Where's Walrus? by Savage, Stephen
Notes: Follow Walrus on a happy-go-lucky spree through the big city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.
ISBN: 9780439700498
Have You Seen My Duckling? by Tafuri, Nancy
Notes: A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.
ISBN: 0688027970
Wave by Lee, Suzy
Notes: A wordless picture book that shows a little girl's first experiences at the beach, as she goes from being afraid of the roaring waves to playing on the shore while gulls soar overhead.
ISBN: 9780811859240
A Ball for Daisy by Rashka, Chris
Notes: A picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball. 2012 winner of the Caldecott Medal
ISBN: 9780375858611
Trainstop by Lehman, Barbara
Notes: In this wordless picture book, a young girl takes a train and makes a stop at a most unusual place where she has an important task to perform.
ISBN: 9780618756407
Midsummer Knight by Rogers, Gregory
Notes: A bear is rescued by a fairy in an enchanted wood and agrees to return the favor by leading the battle against a usurper who has imprisoned the king and queen, along with their loyal subjects, in the dungeon of their castle.
ISBN: 9781596431836
Hogwash by Geisert, Arthur
Notes: Detailed illustrations depict the enormous and complicated contraption that Mama Pig uses to get her little piglets clean.
ISBN: 9780618773329