Wordless Picture Books...

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!!

My middle daughter first brought this book home from her school library a few years ago and the first time I read it, it made me cry (lol...may have been due to me being pregnant with our littlest at the time!!).

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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