My favourite picture book of ALL time is 'LEAF' by Stephen Michael King. Why? For two reasons...
- Because it is both 'written' and illustrated by my favourite children's author and illustrator...Stephen Michael King
- Because it has NO WORDS...yep, you read that correctly!!
Our littlest now loves to read this book at bedtime. Everytime she reads it to me, her narration becomes more detailed and I love her response when she notices something new, or comes up with a new idea.
Wordless picture books are great for any age and can be used in so many different ways. Last week the Kindergarten class I was subbing on had such a great time with 'Leaf'. They came up with a wonderful narration, a huge list of different things that start as seeds (we did have to make one kiddie's suggestion of ham, into a magical ham plant) and then we used these ideas for a text-to-self interactive writing activity, followed by a drawing activity.
Do you have a favourite WORDLESS picture book? I would love to hear about it if you do!!
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Mine! by Kevin Luthardt is quite good. He's a muralist by trade and he drew these amazing pictures of two brothers who fight over a toy from grandma. I have the kids "write" the book as we look at the pictures together with the prompt, "What would you write on this page?" It's a great activity.
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Barbara
Hi Barbara. Thank you so much for sharing about your favourite wordless picture book!! I love how you have used it with your students!! I have not heard of it before, but am off right now to Google it!! Wishing you a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteI recently bought the book after reading your post. It is wonderful and I wanted to do the activity you mentioned. Did you create the sheet you used or can it be found somewhere. I looked all around on the authors website (which was fin in itself) but I didn't see it.
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Heather
Hi Heather. I am so glad you liked the book and i hope that you have a lot of fun reading it with your kiddies. I made the activity sheets up myself. I have just uploaded them to Google Docs for you. You may need to go over the illustrations with a black sharpie prior to photocopying them... sorry was the best I could get into PDF format. Hope this helps!
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I am a primary school (K-1) librarian. I introduce my kindergarten friends to wordless picture books during our very first visit together. I use 2 books regularly. "Tuesday" By David Wiesner. This is a wonderful story that the children can learn to picture read. I explain the children that the first step in learning to read is learning to read the pictures. So we take a picture walk and I start by saying what I see in the pictures. I ask for their help along the way until everyone has participated. It is a wonderful story about Tuesday night being a magical night when anything can happen. Like Pigs flying?
ReplyDeleteThe other story I use is "Chalk" by Bill Thomson This story is so much fun!!! This story is about 3 friends using their imagination and some chalk at the park. Where everything they draw comes to life...really?
They are both wonderful stories and the kids love them both.
Tula Shamhart
Kennedy Primary School
Abilene, Ks. 67410