PRATHAM
BOOKS
Reading Pictures
THE POWER OF A WORDLESS PICTURE BOOK
AWordless Bookis made up
of pictures and no words to let
readersinsert themselves into
stories asinterpreters. These
books may be beter defined by
what they do contain, whichis
Visually rendered narratives,
‘Wordless books empower readers to use
their own vocabulary and imagination to
make inferences based onthe series of eves
presented o them — asequence of
images, page turns, muitple panelsand
‘other design choices,Why wordless?
‘Wordless picture books encourage collaboration between parent/edveator
‘ond reader. Becouse ofthe absence of oread-oloud component how