Reading Wednesdays

Theme: Wordless Picture Books

Take a look at these three beautiful books created without words. I found these stories easy to follow and moving. I’m reading #libraryloot for research. Can you guess which one of these books has an environmental message?

OVER THE SHOP, by JonArno Lawson; illustrated by Qin Leng. This book is about community and how renting out the rundown apartment transforms a city block.

THE FISHERMAN & THE WHALE, by Jessica Lanan. This book highlights a global problem, “according to World Wildlife Fund, over 300,000 whales dolphins and porpoises die each year after becoming entangled in commercial fishing nets.”

FLY!, by Mark Teague. This book is almost wordless and is about a little robin who doesn’t want to leave the nest.

INKtober 2021: Connect

The prompt of #Inktober Day 26 is “Connect”. This image is from my picture book, TAKÓŽA: WALKS WITH THE BLUE MOON GIRL, written by Tara Perron. I illustrated the book with dotted lines to symbolize the threads that Kúŋši (grandmother) sews into the quilts. She uses her quilts (throughout the book) to tell stories to her Takóža (granddaughter).

“All summer the village waits patiently to watch you grow. We all have our part.” —Tara Perron, TAKOZA: WALKS WITH THE BLUE MOON GIRL

“All summer the village waits patiently to watch you grow. We all have our part.” —Tara Perron, TAKOZA: WALKS WITH THE BLUE MOON GIRL