Wordless Books

Do You Want to Be My Friend?

Author: Eric Carle

Publisher: HarperFestival

Published: 1995

ISBN: 0-694-00709-9

 

                Eric Carle is my author for the book talk. I found a lot of Eric Carle books from the library and one of them is a wordless book, which is our theme for this week.

                In the book, a mouse asks an alligator, a lion, a monkey and a peacock to be his friend. There is repetition in the book and the reader can pretty much predict what is going to happen on the next page. It is just a cute story that follows a little mouse trying to make different friends.

                I like this book. I think the pictures are the best part. Everyone knows that Eric Carle delivers really colorful pictures. The book really lets the person interpret the story in their own way. I just think that there could have been a little more to the story. Eric Carle could have made the mouse do something else but I guess he was trying to make the story repeat. It is a board book and it is small so it is perfect size for a toddler. I give this wordless book an 8 out of a 10.

 

A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog

Author: Mercer Mayer

ISBN-13: 9780803728806

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Publication date: 2003

 

                I chose to use this book as one of my wordless books because I’ve heard of it before but I’ve never read it.

                A boy and his dog are walking and then they see a frog. They try and catch the frog with a bucket and a net but then the little boy falls in the swamp. Then they go home. The frog follows them and then jumps in the bathtub with the dog and the boy.

                I like this book because I feel like it has more content in it than the first book. There is a good storyline and it lets the reader determine themselves how the story plays out. I think this is a good way for young children to develop their own vocabulary. Overall, the story is cute and in the end all three of them become friends. I give this book 10 out of 10.

 

Hug

Author: Jez Alborough

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Publish Date: 2001

ISBN:

                This book is about a chimp that really wants a hug. As he walks through the wilderness, he sees different animals that already have someone to hug. Eventually at the end of the book he finds his mom and has someone to hug.

                I think this book is really colorful and the illustrations are very detailed. It is a good way to teach toddlers their animals. It is cute how the chimp finds his mom in the end. There could have been a little more content to the book but overall it was good. I give this book an 8 out of 10.