Without Words: 20 Wordless Picture Books Published Recently

from The Changing Countryside.

Two of my favorite wordless book are Dong Sheen and Jae-Soo Liu's (2002) Yellow Umbrella and Jorg Muller's (2006) The Changing Countryside.  In this post I want to highlight a recent (and one to be published) wordless picture books. Macguire's The Wild Swans, an accordion book that opens to more than 60 feet, may be my new favorite.

Wordless picture books offer readers opportunities to build comprehension, especially with regard to inferring, character development, and theme.

from  Quest.

Becker, Aaron. (2014). Quest. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.

from  Journey.

Becker, Aaron. (2013). Journey. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.

Blexbolex. (2013). Ballad. Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books.

from  The Line.

Bossio, Paula. (2013). The Line. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press.

from The Flashlight.

Boyd, Lizi. (2014). The Flashlight. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.

from Inside Outside

Boyd, Lizi. (2013).  Inside Outside. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.

from Fox's Garden.

Camcam, Princesse. (2014). Fox's Garden. Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books.

Colón, Raúl. (2014). Draw!  New York: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.

Dorémus, Gaëtan. (2014). Coyote Run. Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books.

from The Farmer and the Clown.

Frazee, Marla. (2014). The Farmer and the Clown. New York: Beach Lane Books.

Geisert, Arthur. (2013). Thunderstorm. Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books.

from Flora and the Flamingo.

Idle, Molly. (2013). Flora and the Flamingo. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.

Jay, Alison. (2014). Out of the Blue. Concord, MA: Barefoot Books.

from The Wild Swans. 

Maguire, Thomas Aquinas. (2102). The Wild Swans. Vancouver, BC: Simply Read Books.

from Float.

Miyares, Daniel. (2015). Float. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Pett, Mark. (2014). The Girl and the Bicycle. New York: Simon & Schuster.

from ).The Boy and the Airplane. 

Pett, Mark. (2013).The Boy and the Airplane. New York: Simon & Schuster.

from The River.

Sanna, Alessandro. (2014). The River. Brooklyn, NY: Enchanted Lion Books.

from   Fossil.

Thomson, Bill. (2013). Fossil. Seattle, WA: Two Lions.

Villa, Alvaro F. (2013). Flood. Mankato, MN: Capstone Young Readers.