Oak Hollow

Title/Author: When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Collins

Pair & Share Topic: Books without words

Underline one: K-2 3-6 All Grades

April Wilson’s Magpie Magic by Wilson E Wil

Good Dog Carl by Day E Day

Carl Goes Shopping by Day E Day

Deep In the Forest by Turkle E Tur

Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Carle E Car

Flotsam by Wiesner E Wie

Free fall by Wiesner E Wie

Frog Goes to Dinner by Mayer E May

Noah’s Ark by Spier 222 Spi

Pancakes for Breakfast by De Paola E DeP

Peter Spier’s Rain by Spie E Spi

Sector 7 by Wiesner E Wie

Time Flies by Rohmann E Roh

Tuesday by Weisner E Wie

Un-Brella by Franson E Fra

Zoom by Banyai E Ban

We explain that stories can be told without using any words. We show several examples and talk about the use of perspective, detail and surprise in the telling of stories with pictures. We hook the kids by showing only parts of these stories and never the end as many of these books have a surprise ending. David Wiesner has written several of these books and in fact has won the Caldecott award three times! Our favorite wordless books are Zoom by Banyai and Flotsam by Wiesner. We save these for last and, of course don’t reveal the endings. This book talk works for 2^nd – 6^th graders. A listing of books in our collection can be seen by typing “without words” into the search field and clicking Keyword.

Recommended Read-a-louds(for single book)

Underline one: K-2 3-6 All Grades

Title/Author: I saw an Ant in a Parking Lot by Joshua Prince

Pair & Share Topic: Author David Macaulay

Underline one: K-2 3-6 All Grades

The New Way things work

Cathedral

Castle

City

Pyramid

Motel of the Mysteries

Black and White

Short Cut

Two-time winner of the Caldecott Medal. David Macaulay is a master of details in his books about the construction and workings of numerous gadgets and machines. Born in England and raised in New Jersey, he is well known for his architectural drawings of castles, a Roman city, Pyramids and Cathedrals but we most enjoyed showing his unusual stories in the Sci-fi book Motel of the Mysteries and the playful way he combines many stories into one with the books Black and White and Shortcut.