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References

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Resources

Wordless Picture Books 

featured on this website

Flora and the Peacocks

Idle, Molly. Flora and the Peacocks. Chronicle Books, 2016

Boyd, Lizi. Flashlight. Chronicle Bo

Boyd, Lizi. Flashlight. Chronicle Books, 2014

the snow rabbit

Garoche, Camille. The Snow Rabbit. Enchanted Lion Books, 2015

Quest

Becker, Aaron. Quest. Candlewick Press, 2014

sidewalkflowers

Lawson, JonArno, Sidewalk Flowers. Illustrated by Sydney Smith. Groundwork Books, 2015

float

Miyares, Daniel. Float, Simon & Schuster, 2015

spot, the cat

Cole, Henry. Spot, the Cat. Little Simon, 2016

the umbrella

Schubert, Ingrid & Dieter. The Umbrella. Lemniscaat, 2011

the only child

Guojing, The Only Child. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015

Pool

Guojing, The Only Child. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015

Fox's Garden

Garoche, Camille, Fox's Garden. Enchanted Lion Press, 2013

inside outside

Boyd, Lizzi. Inside Outside. Chronicle Books, 2013

Wave

Lee, Suzy. Wave. Chronicle Books, 2008

References

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American Library Association. (2011). Every child ready to read @ your library 2nd edition toolkit. Chicago, IL:  ALA.

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Crawford, P. A., & Hade, D. D. (2000). Inside the picture, outside the frame: Semiotics and the reading of wordless picture books. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 15(1), p. 66.

 

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education. (2011, June 7) Books without text can increase literacy, vocabulary skills in children with developmental disabilities.  Health News Digest. Retrieved from http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Education_390/Books_without_Text_Can_Increase_Literacy_Vocabulary_Skills_in_Children_with_Developmental_Disabilities_printer.shtml

 

Jalongo, M. R. Dragich, D., Conrad, N. K. & Zhang, A. (2002). Using wordless picture books to support emergent literacy. Early Childhood Education Journal (29/3). pp. 167-177.

 

McGee, L.  M., & Schickedanz, J. A. (2007). Repeated interactive read-alouds in preschool and kindergarten. The Reading Teacher, 60(8). pp. 742-751. Retrieved from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/repeated-interactive-read-alouds-preschool-and-kindergarten?theme=print

 

Lysaker, J. & Hopper, E. (2015). A kindergartner’s emergent strategy use during wordless picture book reading. The Reading Teacher, 68(8). pp. 649-657. DOI: 10.1002/trtr.1352

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Reading Rockets (2013). Sharing Wordless Picture Books. Reading Rockets. Retrieved from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/sharing-wordless-picture-books

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Weisman, K. (2016, April). More than words. Booklinks: Literature-based Resources for the Curriculum: A Supplement to Booklist, pp. 4-9.


Wiesner, D. (1992). Caldecott acceptance speech: Why frogs, why Tuesday. Retrieved from http://www.davidwiesner.com/why-frogs-why-tuesday/

Storytimes & Interactive Reading Resources

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Campana, K. Mills, J.E., & Ghoting, S. N. (2016). Supercharged storytimes: An early literacy planning and assessment guide. Chicago, IL: ALA editions.

step into storytime

Ghoting, S. N., & Klatt, K. F. (2014). Step into storytime: Using storytme effective practice to strengthen the development of newborns to five-year-olds. Chicago, IL: ALA editions.

Reading-Picture-Books with children

Lambert, Megan Dowd. (2015). Reading picture books with children: How to shake up storytime and get kids talking about what they see. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

visual thinking strategies

Yenawine, P. (2013). Visual thinking strategies: Using art to deepen learning across school disciplines. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press

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