Journey (Aaron Becker's Wordless Trilogy, 1)

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Bring a red rug into school (the sort you can roll up and carry under one arm) and use it for story sharing in small groups with an adult helper (perhaps in secret locations around the school). Look on a previous page and you can see the villain doing the same hand movement in his little airship, just with his fingers (some folks think his hand is a gun as well, but if you look you’ll see that the colors of said “gun” are the same as his arm, suggesting that this is just a very insistent pointer finger). Failing to get the attention of her busy father; a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and adventure.

The absence of words in the books also encourages readers to interpret and construct their own stories, fostering critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Paint some circle backdrops, then let your magic crayons go for a walk in and around the circles you’ve created. Prepare for the journey of a lifetime, perfect for anyone interested in history, migration, and human adventure! I don’t know how many authors and illustrators know this, but in my experience there are a lot of teachers out there who send their students into libraries to ask for wordless picture books. The added bonus is that the absence of dialog means you can read the pair’s cooperation in whatever manner suits your own little one.Now the small child has grown quite fond of picture books, so together we’ve explored books that would be within her age range and those that are, perhaps, a tiny bit of a stretch.

Color or lack of color convey a lot of meaning and the gorgeous illustrations offer much to explore. He was once asked what his favorite body part was and he answered, the butt cause it farts, and he laughed heartily.Make a word bank that includes words you could use to describe the people, places and events in the story. Both the idea of a portal into another world and the concept of a ‘magic pencil’, where a drawn object becomes ‘real’, are familiar ones in children’s literature.