In case you don’t know, wordless picture books are one of the most versatile, useful materials you can have for speech therapy! I’ve worked in 3 different settings since graduation. This has turned me into a material hoarder as there are very few materials that are appropriate for all of the children I’ve worked with! Wordless picture books continue to be one of my most used materials for ALL ages/ability levels. I just love them! My middle school students still think they are cool – and that is a big win! Below are my ten favorites that I use all the time!
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Did I miss any? I’d LOVE to add some to my collection so let me know in the comments!
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You forgot about Talk with Me! The Big Book of Exclamations 2 for the birth to 3 kiddos :^)
Yes! This is a good one too.
Snowman’s Story is a favorite of mine and perfect for this time of year 🙂 I “read” it with a second grader today and it was a hit!
I’ve never heard of that one!! Thank you! Checking it out now 🙂
I found that using “The Farmer and the Clown” by Marla Fraser during a circus theme we had worked really well for multiple ages!
I love the Jack the dog series by Pat Shores
Goodnight Gorilla, a great resource to elicit language samples.
Oh no It looks like the links to the different books are broken… only shows the numbers 1-10. I will check back to see if this changes. Cheers
I’m sorry about that! Try it on a different computer or device. I think it is a browser issue! Thanks for reaching out.
I turned off my adblocker and everything showed up!
This showed up in my pin feed today, so as long as it is still circulating I thought I would add my faves:
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Pancakes for Breakfast
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All great additions! I’ll try and update the post sometime soon! Thank you!
Un-Brella by Scott E. Franson is also a great wordless book.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Hello – New to your page! I am trying to find new materials to use with my son (age 6) who has receptive/expressive language disorder! How are these books meant to be used?? By making up our own stories? Describing the pictures? Thank you for your help! 🙂
This is a great post on how to use them! Tons of ideas! Hope it helps! https://www.smartspeechtherapy.com/in-case-you-missed-it-and-now-on-the-value-of-wordless-picture-books/
Flotsam is my favorite!
Someday you should consider creating a list that is more specific in terms of an age range. Something specific for birth to three and then 3 up because I think that changes things.
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll definitely keep that in mind!
The Toad and The Frog series has several wordless books, and the Good Dog, Carl series are wordless. Fabulous story content with fabulous, descriptive illustrations!
I love those books too! I often use the Toad and The Frog books for narrative retell assessments!
Alexandra Day wrote a series of wordless books centered around a dog named Carl. The first is titled “Good Dog, Carl”.
I love that book!!
I love Red Sled and I Got It! and Time Flies
The Angel and The Soldier Boy is a must have for wordless books. I also love Pancakes for Breakfast, mentioned above. Peter Spier’s RAIN is fabulous! He also did Noah’s Ark and Circus. The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney is splendid, also mentioned above. The great thing about wordless books is a child typically looks at you like, “Wait! What do I do???” After narrating the first page or two, I allow them to take over and they typically love the experience and feel accomplished for telling the story themselves.