Booklists

Wordless Picture Books

Mr. Wuffles

By: David Wiesner

ISBN: 9780618756612

Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture into the cat's territory to make emergency repairs.

Draw!

By: Raul Colon

ISBN: 9781442494923

In this wordless picture book, a boy who is confined to his room fills his sketch pad with lions and elephants, then imagines himself on a safari.

Trainstop

By: Barbara Lehman

ISBN: 9780618756407

In this wordless picture book, a young girl takes a train and makes a stop at a most unusual place where she has an important task to perform.

Float

By: Daniel Miyares

ISBN: 9781481415248

Wordless picture book about a boy who loses his paper boat in the rain.

Flora and the Flamingo

By: Molly Idle

ISBN: 9781452110066

In this wordless book, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together.

Wallpaper

By: Thao Lam

ISBN: 9781771472838

A young girl whose family moves into a new house. Outside, she can hear other kids playing, but she’s too shy to say hello. So she picks at the old wallpaper in her room―revealing an entryway to a fantastic imaginary adventure world behind the walls.

Journey

By: Aaron Becker

ISBN: 9780763660536

Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.

Sidewalk Circus

By: Paul Fleischman

ISBN: 9780763611071

A young girl watches as the activities across the street from her bus stop become a circus.

Ball

By: Mary Sullivan

ISBN: 9780547759364

While searching for someone to play ball with him, a dog dreams of fantastical adventures he could have with his ball

A Ball for Daisy

By: Chris Raschka

ISBN: 9780375958618

A wordless picture book showing the fun a dog has with her ball, and what happens when it is lost.

Sidewalk Flowers

By: JonArno Lawson

ISBN: 9781554984312

In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter.

Brave Molly

By: Kate Boynton-Hughes

ISBN: 9781452161006

What do you do when no one can see your monsters but you? At first, Molly runs from them. But they follow her down the sidewalk, getting in the way when she tries to make a new friend, popping up unexpectedly out of shadows, and multiplying. Until finally...Molly faces her fears. Author-illustrator Brooke Boynton-Hughes delivers a modern classic in this moving adventure that honors everyday acts of bravery and the power of friendship to banish the monsters that haunt us.

Carl’s Birthday

By: Alexandra Day

ISBN: 9780374311506

Carl the rottweiler and the toddler in his care watch the preparation for Carl's surprise birthday party.