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wordless picture books

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Who can read wordless books?

  • Families who speak another language, as well as bilingual, and multi-lingual families

  • Immigrant families who speak a language in which few books are published

  • English language learners

  • Pre-readers 

  • Children with reading disabilities or hearing impairment

  • Parents of children with developmental disabilities

in any language

Wordless Picture Books

 around the

GLOBe

Carole Bloch,  PhD in early literacy, and director of PRAESA, discusses using wordless picture books to promote literacy and biliteracy with children in multilingual African settings.

South Africa

In 2013 the International Board of Books for Young People selected 100 wordless books for a traveling exhibition, with the final destination a library collection for Italian and immigrant children on the island of Lamedusa. 
IBBY Silent Books Honor List

Italy

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