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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teriannkay
November 30, 2016 at 8:35 AMYou forgot about Talk with Me! The Big Book of Exclamations 2 for the birth to 3 kiddos :^)
Shannon
November 30, 2016 at 9:10 PMYes! This is a good one too.
Elizabeth
November 30, 2016 at 9:06 PMSnowman’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!
Shannon
November 30, 2016 at 9:09 PMI’ve never heard of that one!! Thank you! Checking it out now 🙂
Genesis
December 4, 2016 at 11:06 AMI found that using “The Farmer and the Clown” by Marla Fraser during a circus theme we had worked really well for multiple ages!
Christina
December 4, 2016 at 8:17 PMI love the Jack the dog series by Pat Shores
Hillary
December 5, 2016 at 2:24 PMGoodnight Gorilla, a great resource to elicit language samples.
Victoria
December 18, 2016 at 9:28 PMOh 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
Shannon
December 18, 2016 at 9:32 PMI’m sorry about that! Try it on a different computer or device. I think it is a browser issue! Thanks for reaching out.
Hannah
February 6, 2017 at 9:06 PMI turned off my adblocker and everything showed up!
Sarah Worcester
July 24, 2017 at 9:05 AMThis showed up in my pin feed today, so as long as it is still circulating I thought I would add my faves:
Home
Community
Pancakes for Breakfast
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Shannon
July 24, 2017 at 1:36 PMAll great additions! I’ll try and update the post sometime soon! Thank you!
Kirsten
August 1, 2017 at 8:06 PMUn-Brella by Scott E. Franson is also a great wordless book.
Shannon
August 5, 2017 at 1:57 PMThanks for the suggestion!
Brandi
August 14, 2017 at 6:42 PMHello – 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! 🙂
Shannon
August 15, 2017 at 10:44 AMThis 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/
Sara
November 10, 2017 at 1:18 PMFlotsam is my favorite!
Teri Peterson
November 13, 2017 at 9:57 AMSomeday 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.
Shannon
November 21, 2017 at 7:01 PMThanks for the suggestion! I’ll definitely keep that in mind!
Debra Brown
November 15, 2017 at 5:40 AMThe Toad and The Frog series has several wordless books, and the Good Dog, Carl series are wordless. Fabulous story content with fabulous, descriptive illustrations!
Shannon
November 21, 2017 at 7:01 PMI love those books too! I often use the Toad and The Frog books for narrative retell assessments!
Pat
November 16, 2017 at 6:03 AMAlexandra Day wrote a series of wordless books centered around a dog named Carl. The first is titled “Good Dog, Carl”.
Shannon
November 21, 2017 at 7:00 PMI love that book!!
Alyssa
May 20, 2018 at 4:09 PMI love Red Sled and I Got It! and Time Flies