Theme: Wordless

Mirror

By Book Importer | Published: February 3, 2011

In Sydney, Australia, and in Morocco, two boys and their families have a day of shopping. Readers are invited to compare illustrations in two wordless stories that are intended to be read one from left to right and the other from right to left.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2

Descriptors: Australia, Early Years (ages 2-6), Oceania, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Tree House

By Book Importer | Published: January 20, 2011

A polar bear rides on a whale to get to a marvelous treehouse, and more and more animals come to join him there.

Descriptors: Awards, Early Years (ages 2-6), Fantasy, Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Netherlands, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

The Arrival

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He’s embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life – he’s leaving home to build a better future for his family. Shaun Tan evokes universal aspects of an immigrant’s experience through a singular work [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » 3 Comments

Jukebox

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A non-fiction journey through the musical universe, Jukebox is filled with details, revealing as much about the people who listen to music as it does about those who create it. From disco to opera, hip hop to jazz, David Merveille’s unique style makes this practically wordless book sing.

Descriptors: France, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Der Standhafte Zinnsoldat

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 29, 2007

Two vanished dolls are discovered by a home builder. They are given to children and they are dumped after the children grew so that they didn’t need the dolls any more.  The dolls’ journey begins from sewers, ocean, exotic foreign land, and placed in a museum in the end of the story.

Descriptors: Europe, Germany, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Comments closed

Polo: The Runaway Book

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 29, 2007

While trying to retrieve his new book from a thieving alien, Polo has a series of adventures and eventually helps the alien and his people.
Wordless Book

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It’s Raining

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 15, 2007

A Wordless book about a rainy day.

Descriptors: Asia, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction, Taiwan » Other Themes: » Comments closed