A Sampling of Wordless Picture Books
Compiled by Maggie Chase, Eun Hye Son & Stan Steiner, Boise State University 2018
Armstrong, Jennifer. 2006. Once Upon a Banana. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Baker, Jeannie. 2004. Belonging. Boston: Walker Books.
Baker, Jeannie. 2004. Home. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Banyai, Istvan. 1995. Re-Zoom. New York: Viking.
Banyai, Istvan. 1995. Zoom. New York: Viking.
Banyai, Istvan. 2005. The Other Side. San Francisco: Chronicle.
Burke, Tina. 2006. Fly, Little Bird. La Jolla, CA: Kare/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.
Chung, Arree. 2017. Out! New York, NY: Henry Holt.*
Day, Alexandra. 1998. Follow Carl. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Dornbusch, Erica. 2001. Finding Kate’s Shoes. Toronto: Annick Press.
Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise. 2017. Owl Bat: Bat Owl. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Fleischman, Paul & Hawkes, Kevin. 2004. Sidewalk Circus. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
Geisent, Arthur. 2006. Oops. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
Hegbrook, Thomas. 2017. Story Worlds: A Moment in Time. Wilton, CT: Caterpillar Books.*
Hyewon, Yum. 2008. Last Night. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
King Stephen Michael. 2009. Leaf. Australia: Porter/Roaring Books.
Krans, Kim. 2016. ABC Dream. New York: Random House.
Lee, Suzy. 2008. Wave. San Francisco: Chronicle.
Lehman, Barbara. 2004. The Red Book. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
Lehman, Barbara. 2006. The Museum Trip. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
Lehman, Barbara. 2007. Rainstorm. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
Luthardt, Kevin. 2001. Mine! New York: Atheneum.
Mayer, Mercer. 2003. A Boy, a Dog, & a Frog. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
McCully, Emily Arnold. 2001. Four Hungry Kittens. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Nyeu, Tao. 2008. Wonder Bear. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Rogers, Gregory. 2004. The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Lord. Brookfield, CT: Roaring Book Press.
Rohman, Eric. 1994. Time Flies. New York: Crown.
Schories, Pat. 2004. Breakfast for Jack. Ashville, NC: Front Street.
Simler, Isabelle. 2017. Plume. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books.*
Tan, Shaun. 2007. The Arrival. New York: A. Levine Books.
Varon, Sara. 2006. Chicken & Cat. New York: Scholastic.
Vincent, Gabrielle. 1999. A Day, a Dog. Ashville, NC: Front Street.
Wakeman, Daniel. 2005. Ben’s Big Dig. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers.
Wakeman, Daniel. 2007. Ben’s Bunny Trouble. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers.
Weitzman, Jacqueline. 1998. You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Weitzman, Jacqueline. 2000. You Can’t Take a Balloon into the National Gallery. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Wiesner, David. 1991. Tuesday. New York: Clarion Books.*
Wiesner, David. 1999. Sector 7. New York: Clarion Books.
*Books with limited text that could be used in wordless book applications
Professional Articles:
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Jalongo, M. R. et al., (2002). Using wordless picture books to support emergent Literacy. Early Childhood Education Journal, 29(3), 167-177.
Louie, B. & Sierschynski, J. (2015). Enhancing English language learners’ language development using wordless picture books. The Reading Teacher, 69(1), 103-111.
Lysaker, J. & Hopper, E. (2015). A kindergartener’s emergent strategy use during wordless picture book reading. The Reading Teacher, 68(8), 649-657.
Pantaleo, S. (2007). Reading Banyai's "Zoom" and "Re-Zoom". Language Arts, 84(3), 222-233.
Reese, C. (1996). Story development using wordless picture books. Reading Teacher, 50(2), 172-73.
Ricky, Virginia & Packett, Kathryn. Wordless/Almost Wordless Picture Books: A Guide. 1992.
Serafini, F. (2014). Exploring wordless picture books. The Reading Teacher, 68(1), 24-26.
Trinkle, C. (2006). Using Wordless picture books. School Library Media Activities Monthly.23(3), 11-12.