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Understanding Wordless Books

This document provides a summary of several sources that discuss the use and analysis of wordless picture books, including: - Articles from 1979 to 2001 that explore how children make meaning from wordless books and the relationship between words and images. - References to children's books from 1993 to 2013 that examine how readers interpret wordless picturebooks and how they can support literacy development. - Additional sources from 1998 to 2014 that discuss using wordless books in classrooms, analyzing the genre, and minority representation in wordless books. The sources presented provide an overview of research on wordless picturebooks.

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Understanding Wordless Books

This document provides a summary of several sources that discuss the use and analysis of wordless picture books, including: - Articles from 1979 to 2001 that explore how children make meaning from wordless books and the relationship between words and images. - References to children's books from 1993 to 2013 that examine how readers interpret wordless picturebooks and how they can support literacy development. - Additional sources from 1998 to 2014 that discuss using wordless books in classrooms, analyzing the genre, and minority representation in wordless books. The sources presented provide an overview of research on wordless picturebooks.

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Lewis, D. (2001). Reading contemporary picturebooks: Picturing Text. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Lindauer, S. L. K. (1998). Wordless books: An approach to visual literacy. Childrens Literature in


Education, 19, 136-142.

Crawford, P. A. & Hade, D. D. (2000). Inside the picture, outside the frame: Semiotics and the reading
of wordless picture book. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 15(1), 66-80 [ED623711]

Nodelman, P. (1988). Words about pictures: The narrative art of the childrens picturebooks. Athens,
GA: University of Georgia Press.

Whalen, L. (1994). Wordless books: Every picture tells a story, doesnt it? Emergency Librarian, 21,
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Childrens Books Cited

Doonan, J. (1993). Looking at pictures in picture books. Exeter: Thimble Press. Doonan discusses how
she encourages children to examine closely and make meaning from picture books. She briey
reviews how words and pictures work together to create a picture book, and also discusses concepts
related to art and understanding picture books.

Jalongo, M. R., Dragich, D., Conrad, N. K., & Zhang,A. (2002). Using wordless picture books to support
emergent literacy. Early Childhood Education Journal, 29(3), 167-177. Although this article targets
the use of wordless picture books in childrens classrooms, there are principles here that also will
work with adult learners.

Beckett, S. (2012). Crossover Picturebooks: A Genre for All Ages. London: Routledge.

Arizpe, E., Colomer, T. and Martnez-Roldn, C. (forthcoming 2013) Visual Journeys

through Wordless Picturebooks: an international enquiry with immigrant children.

Continuum Press.
Arizpe, E. (forthcoming 2013). Wordless picturebooks: historical, critical and educational

perspectives on meaning-making. In B. Kmmerling-Meibauer (Ed.) Aesthetic and Cognitive

Challenges of the Picturebook. London: Routledge.

Arif, M. M. and Hashim, F. (2008). Reading from the Wordless: A Case Study on the Use of

Wordless Picture Books. CCSE English Language Teaching, 1 (1), 121-126.

Arizpe, E. (2010, September). Minority Voices Create Words for Wordless Picturebooks. Paper
presented at the 32nd International Board on Books for Children and Young People

(IBBY) Congress, Santiago de Compostela. [Link]

Canizares, S., Ph.D., & Church, E. B. (2001, September). Reading the Pictures The value of

wordless books. Scholastic Parent and Child, 64.

Cassady, J. K. (1998, March). Wordless books: No-risk tools for inclusive middle-grade

classrooms. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 41(6), 428-433.

Jalongo, M. R., Dragich, D., Conrad, N. K., & Ann, Z. (2002, Spring). Using Wordless Picture

Books to Support Emergent Literacy. Early Childhood Education Journal, 29(3), 167

177.

Lysaker, J. T. (2006). Young childrens readings of wordless pictures books: Whats self got to

do with it? Journal of Early Childhood Literacy , 6(1), 33-55.

Frank Serafini. (2014). Exploring Wordless Picture Books. The Reading Teacher, 68(1), 2426 doi:
10.1002/trtr.1294

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