

LPL has a wide variety of wordless picture books for you to share with your kids.Is that Peter (of Ezra Jack Keats fame) on the cover of Daniel Miyares's Float? Might be. It will get your kids excited about reading when they are able to spin the story in their unique voice! You and your child can come up with new interpretations of the story and take it countless different directions. When you reread a wordless picture with your child it there is always an opportunity to take the story in a new direction. The skills that children learn from interpreting these books will be a factor in decoding text later as they grow as readers! Their use of artwork and imagery encourages kids to infer context clues to figure out the story.Through the use of imagery alone, these books teach kids to summarize, make inferences, evaluate visual information and make connections. Without a clear narrative to guide the plot, wordless books leave a lot open to interpretation. In addition wordless picture books can help visual learners use their abilities to observe with a keen and thoughtful eye. These books effectively tell the story without the need for text and therefore can engage reluctant readers without the added anxiety of needing to know the words. Reading can be hard to master for beginners-reading wordless picture books can build confidence in young children. These books can also give your child a chance to be creative and tell the story in their own words while giving them the flexibility to change it up with each reading! When you read a wordless book with your child, you reinforce listening skills, vocabulary, visual comprehension and instill an awareness of story structure. Sharing wordless books with children can build important literacy skills. Wordless books are sub-genre of picture books that use vivid illustrations and graphic storytelling to create a captivating story.
