Too. Many. Words.
Today was a day of words. Words. WoRdS. WOrdS. Words to listen to. Words to read. Words to write. Words in an email, a text, a conversation, a song, a book. Words in a book? Of course there would be words in a book. Or would there be? Most often authors tell their stories using text. They write words on the page for the reader to understand the story. Every so often though, there is a book without words.
How is it possible to read a book without words? You can do this by ‘reading‘only the pictures or illustrations. A ‘wordless’ book lets the reader use their own imagination to tell the story using pictures only. It allows the reader to infer (take a guess) at what is happening in the story and from that guess to draw a conclusion on how the story might end.
One of my favourite wordless books is the Caldecott Award-winning book, “A Ball for Daisy” by Chris Rashka. Page by page the reader is able to follow the story of Daisy and her ball. What happens? I guess you’ll have to check out the book yourself to find out.
Remember, sometimes you don’t need words to tell your story. Sometimes just a picture will do.