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Visual Storytelling: 35 Magical Wordless Picture Books

A mix of fun picture books that tell stories through pictures instead of words. Use your imagination and notice little details, and best of all: use your imagination to make up your own version of what's happening! JFS 3/2026

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35 items

  • This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where…
    Picture Book, 2014New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014. — jE
  • A captivating debut that children of all ages will want to soak in multiple times." -School Library Journal A girl ventures to the water's edge, dreaming of a new friend. And, just like that, a beguiling red fish leaps into her life. But is…
    eBook, 2018Chronicle Books LLC, 2018
  • A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound. Red marker in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet that carry her on a spectacular journey…
    Picture Book, 2013Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013. — jE
  • In this story without words, a boy explores the woods after dark with a flashlight.
    Picture Book, 2014San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2014] — jE
  • When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.
    Picture Book, 1978New York : Random House, [1978] — jE
  • A young girl, still reeling from her dog's death, finds solace while picking up stones on the beach during her family's vacation.
    Picture Book, 2018Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018. — jE
  • In this story without words, a boy and his dog play inside and outside of their home.
    Picture Book, 2013San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2013] — jE
  • A lost beaver looks for the way home.
    Picture Book, 2010New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2010] — jE
  • Lively and unusual things happen when Carl the dog is left in charge of the baby.
    Picture Book, 1997New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1997. — jE
  • Hank finds an egg on the ground while walking in the woods, discovers the nest from which it fell, and tries his best to return it.
    Picture Book, 2013White Plains, New York : Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 2013. — jE
  • Stormy

    a Story About Finding a Forever Home

    Guojing, 1983-
    "In this heartwarming, wordless picture book that's perfect for dog lovers, a woman visits a park and discovers a pup hiding under a bench--scruffy, scared, and alone. With gentle coaxing, the woman tries to befriend the animal, but the dog is too…
    Picture Book, 2019New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2019] — jE
  • Records in drawings the author's journey through northern Europe and his impressions of the land, the people at work and play, and their art, architecture, folklore, and fairy tales.
    Picture Book, 1978Cleveland : Collins-World, 1978. — jE
  • Students dressed in deep sea helmets travel to the ocean deep in a yellow school-bus submarine. When they get there, they frolic with fish, chase luminescent squid, and discover an old shipwreck. But when it's time to return to the submarine bus,…
    Picture Book, 2020New York : Holiday House, [2020] — jE
  • Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below…
    Picture Book, 2014San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, 2014. — jE
  • Two shy children meet at a noisy pool and dive beneath the crowd into a magical undersea land, where they explore a fantastical landscape and meet various creatures.
    Picture Book, 2015San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, LLC, 2015. — jE
  • In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their…
    Picture Book, 2015Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, [2015] — jE
  • It is a cold and rainy evening when Gran gives her granddaughter something special: tickets to the ballet. Her granddaughter is reluctant to go. The weather is terrible and they have to wear fancy, uncomfortable clothes. But as the curtains rise on…
    Picture Book, 2017Philadelphia, PA : Running Press Kids, [2017] — jE
  • After two boys drawing their own lines realize they can connect them, a misstep creates a rift between them.
    Picture Book, 2017New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2017. — jE
  • In this wordless story, a library book tries desperately to evade the destructive clutches of a little boy. What drives the Boy, however, is enthusiasm and love-not malice-and the Book eventually responds in kind, accepting his rough but worthy fate.
    Picture Book, 2015Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, ©2015. — jE
  • A wordless picture book about three children who go to a park on a rainy day, find some chalk, and draw pictures that come to life.
    Picture Book, 2010[New York] : Marshall Cavendish Children, [2010] — jE