Display: Show Me a Story: Wordless Picture Books

Journey
by Aaron Becker
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. A wordless picture book.

Flashlight
by Lizi Boyd
In this story without words, a boy explores the woods after dark with a flashlight.

Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
by Henry Cole
In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding behind the corn crib in the barn and decides to help him.

Hank Finds an Egg
by Rebecca Dudley
Hank finds an egg on the ground while walking in the woods, discovers the nest from which it fell, and tries his best to return it.

Un-Brella
by Scott E. Franson
In this wordless book, a little girl uses her magic umbrella to give her the weather she wants, regardless of what the conditions really are outside.

Jim Curious: A Voyage to the Heart of the Sea
by Matthias Picard
Follows a young boy's fantastical undersea journey through polluted waters to an astounding deep-sea world of sunken ships, amazing sea creatures, and lost city remnants.

Where’s Walrus
by Steven Savage
In this wordless picture book, follow Walrus on a happy-go-lucky spree through the big city, as he tries on different hats to disguise himself from the chasing zookeeper.

The Umbrella
by Ingrid and Dieter Schubert
A little dog finds an umbrella in the garden on a windy day. The moment the dog picks up the umbrella, it catches the wind and pulls the dog skywards. This is the start to fantastic journey around the world.

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