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1) Hike
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the cool and quiet early light of morning, a father and child wake up. Today they're going on a hike. Follow the duo into the mountains as they witness the magic of the wilderness, overcome challenges, and play a small role in the survival of the forest. By the time they return home, they feel alive -- and closer than ever -- as they document their hike and take their place in family history."-- provided by publisher.
4) I see a song
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995], c1973
Language
English
Description
Brightly colored forms represent music played by the violin.
5) Flashlight
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this story without words, a boy explores the woods after dark with a flashlight.
6) Journey
Author
Series
Journey trilogy (Aaron Becker) volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
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 toward an uncertain destiny. When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also lead her home and to her heart's desire?
7) Flotsam
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.
10) Quest
Author
Series
Journey trilogy (Aaron Becker) volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the Caldecott Honor-winning Journey, much of Becker's energy was devoted to the story's exquisite backdrops. Now, in the second wordless book of his planned trilogy, the focus is on his characters. On a rainy day in a city park, the girl who starred in Journey and the boy introduced at the end take refuge by a doorway under a bridge. To their surprise, a king emerges from the door just long enough to pass the two a map before soldiers apprehend...
13) Thunderstorm
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated account of a storm that moves through a Midwestern farming region over the course of several hours that is documented by a timeline and images of atmospheric changes and human response.
14) Another
Author
Publisher
Atheneum, Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A young girl and her cat take an imaginative journey into another world"--
16) The red book
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A book about a book, a magical red book, without any words, and the friendship that develops around it.
17) Spring hare
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"An adorable baby hare springs into an adventure, following his human friend up, up, and away in this flight of fancy. He follows his friend ever higher, flying through fluffy white clouds, chasing a red airplane through a flock of geese, and soaring into space on a rocket ship, before catching a ride on a shooting star back down to earth and into his friend's waiting arms. With bright, kid-friendly collage, this is a beautiful and accessible celebration...
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Told as a story of cosmic beginnings, this version of Pinocchio is about the formative energy and magic that reside in the wood that becomes the boy. This version is also about life on the molecular level and what it means to think about our composition as human beings from the point of view of energy and cosmic matter.
19) The secret box
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In this book without words, a young schoolboy from the early twentieth century hides a candy box with secret instructions in the floorboards of his boarding school for future generations of schoolchildren to find and follow to a mysterious hidden place.
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