Entries Tagged as 'Wordless Books'

The Girl and the Bicycle

July 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM I love this book. We got it from the library and though it is wordless, it has a fantastic message and beautiful illustrations. I enjoyed Mark Pett’s last book, The Boy and the Airplane, but this book (Amazon affiliate link) prompted me to sit down and write a review for Vegbooks so […]

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The Owly Books

September 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM I met Andy Runton, the author of the Owly books, at the San Diego Comic Convention in 2005.  I had never heard of his books but they had an adorable owl on the cover so I couldn’t resist.  They are largely wordless stories, the talk bubbles are filled with pictures and […]

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Wave

September 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I love wordless or nearly wordless books. I’m simply captivated by Eric Rohmann’s The Cinder-Eyed Cats and David Wiesner’s Tuesday. For me, it doesn’t get much better than when illustrations carry the story, and the “reader” is left to choose exactly how to tell it. Wave epitomizes the best of this […]

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The Great Chicken Escape

March 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT My love for Nikki McClure’s work is no secret, and I was thrilled to read this small volume. There are no words to the story of The Great Chicken Escape, only Ms. McClure’s expressive, charming papercut illustrations which treat us to a day of fun from the perspective of some chickens. When […]

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