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Wordless Picture Books
(Stories without Words)
The Treasure Bath - by Dan Andreasen
Publisher: Henry Holt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/18/2009
ISBN-13: 9780805086867
ISBN-10: 0805086862
A young boy explores a creature-filled world beneath the bubbles in his bathtub.
Call Number:  E AND
The Snowman - by Raymond Briggs
Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/1989
ISBN-13: 9780394839738
ISBN-10: 0394839730
When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight above the countryside.
Call Number:  E BRI
Do You Want to Be My Friend? - by Eric Carle
Publisher: Crowell
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/1971
ISBN-13: 9780690011371
ISBN-10: 0690011377
A mouse searches everywhere for a friend.
Call Number:  E CAR
A Circle of Friends - by Giora Carmi
Publisher: Star Bright Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9781932065008
ISBN-10: 1932065008
When a boy anonymously shares his snack with a homeless man, he begins a cycle of good will.
Call Number:  E CAR
The Marvelous Misadventures of Fun-Boy - by Ralph Cosentino
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780670059614
ISBN-10: 0670059617
In twelve short stories without words, Fun-Boy looks for adventure, but it is misadventure that he finds.
Call Number:  E COS
 
Small, Medium & Large - by Jane Monroe Donovan
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9781585364473
ISBN-10: 1585364479
A young girl writes a letter to Santa and receives some special gifts to help her celebrate the holiday.
Call Number:  E DON
Polo and the Magician! - by Regis Faller
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9781596434974
ISBN-10: 159643497X
Reading at home on a rainy night, Polo the dog is washed out to sea in his armchair and soon finds himself part of a magician's circus act.
Call Number: E FAL
Un-Brella - by Scott E. Franson
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2007
ISBN-13: 9781596431799
ISBN-10: 1596431792
A little girl uses her magic umbrella to give her the weather she wants, regardless of what the conditions really are outside.
Call Number:  E FRA
Bee & Bird - by Craig Frazier
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/10/2011
ISBN-13: 9781596436602
ISBN-10: 1596436603
A bumblebee and a bird embark on a travel adventure. 
Call Number:  E FRA
The Giant Seed - by Arthur Geisert
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2012
ISBN-13: 9781592701155
ISBN-10: 1592701159
When a volcano destroys their home, the resolute pigs from Ice escape by climbing onto a recently planted seed that has grown to immense proportions.
Call Number:  E GEI
Welcome to the Zoo - by Alison Jay
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780803731776
ISBN-10: 0803731779
Small stories and enchanting details abound in this wordless picture book, inviting curious eyes to explore a zoo brimming with luminous beauty, humor, and high-jinks.
Call Number:  E JAY
Wave - by Suzy Lee
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780811859240
ISBN-10: 081185924X
This picture book shows a little girl's first experiences at the beach, as she goes from being afraid of the roaring waves to playing on the shore while gulls soar overhead.
Call Number:  E LEE
The Secret Box - by Barbara Lehman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780547238685
ISBN-10: 0547238681
A young schoolboy from the early twentieth century hides a candy box with secret instructions in the floorboards of his boarding school for future generations of schoolchildren to find and follow to a mysterious hidden place.
Call Number:  E LEH
Little Star - by Antonin Louchard
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2003
ISBN-13: 9780786819393
ISBN-10: 0786819391
A tiny red starfish dreams of leaving its ocean home and traveling up into the night sky to shine among the celestial stars.
Call Number:  E LOU
Octopus Soup - by Mercer Mayer
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780761458128
ISBN-10: 0761458123
An octopus struggles with misadventure when he leaves home but is relieved to know how and where to find a safe haven.
Call Number:  E MAY
South - by Patrick McDonnell
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2008
ISBN-13: 9780316005098
ISBN-10: 0316005096
Mooch the cat helps a lonely bird find its flock, which has flown south for the winter.
Call Number:  E MCD
Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug - by Mark Newgarden
Publisher: Harcourt
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/01/2007
ISBN-13: 9780152058135
ISBN-10: 0152058133
A persistent terrier spends a day following a bug through his neighborhood.
Call Number:  E NEW
Sea of Dreams - by Dennis Nolan
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9781596434707
ISBN-10: 1596434708
A sandcastle takes on a life of its own.
Call Number:  E NOL
The Surprise - by Sylvia Van Ommen
Publisher: Front Street
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2007
ISBN-13: 9781932425857
ISBN-10: 1932425853
Sheep goes to great lengths to surprise Giraffe with a lovely red sweater.
Call Number:  E OMM
The Lion & the Mouse - by Jerry Pinkney
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2009
ISBN-13: 9780316013567
ISBN-10: 0316013560
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
Call Number:  J 398.2 PIN
The Crocodile Blues - by Coleman Polhemus
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/01/2007
ISBN-13: 9780763635435
ISBN-10: 076363543X
A man and his pet cockatoo discover, much to their dismay, the true nature of the egg they bring home from the store.
Call Number:  E POL
A Ball for Daisy - by Christopher Raschka
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780375858611
ISBN-10: 037585861X
A picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball.
Call Number:  E RAS
Where's Walrus? - by Stephen Savage
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9780439700498
ISBN-10: 0439700493
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.
Call Number:  E SAV
The Umbrella - by Ingrid Schubert and Dieter Schubert
Publisher: Lemniscaat USA
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2011
ISBN-13: 9781935954002
ISBN-10: 1935954008
The story of a dog's adventures around the world after he opens an umbrella on a gusty day and the wind lifts them up into the sky.
Call Number:  E SCH
Chalk - by Bill Thomson
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780761455264
ISBN-10: 0761455264
Three children go to a park on a rainy day, find some chalk, and draw pictures that come to life.
Call Number:  E THO
The Tree House - by Marije Tolman and Ronald Tolman
Publisher: Lemniscaat
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9781590788066
ISBN-10: 1590788060
A polar bear rides a whale to a tree rising out of the water. A brown bear joins it as the tree is the perfect place to read their books. When the waters recede, the bears are joined by other animals. The tree house is a place of wonder.
Call Number:  E TOL
You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum - by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/01/1998
ISBN-13: 9780803723016
ISBN-10: 0803723016
A young girl and her grandmother view works inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the balloon she has been forced to leave outside floats around New York City causing a series of mishaps that mirror scenes in the museum's artworks. 
Call Number:  E WEI
Flotsam - by David Wiesner
Publisher: Clarion Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780618194575
ISBN-10: 0618194576
When a young boy discovers a camera on the beach and develops the film, he finds with his microscope many layers of pictures within the photographs.
Call Number:  E WIE
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