Wordless Picture Books

The wordless picture books listed in this bibliography are located in the School Collection (room 106) of the Education and Social Science Library, unless otherwise indicated. Many of the older books may be located in the S-Collection storage area; please consult the catalog and request assistance from the reference staff.

Additional titles may be found by conducting a subject search on the online catalog using "stories without words" as a subject heading. There is also an extensive list of wordless picture books in A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books (Q.S.011.62 L628a) located in the School Collection reference section.

Authors who have created multiple wordless picture books include: Anderson, Lena; Krahn, Fernando; Anno, Mitsumasa; Lionni, Leo; Day, Alexandra; Mayer, Mercer; DePaola, Tomie; Oxenbury, Helen; Goodall, John S.; Spier, Peter; Hoban, Tana; Tafuri, Nancy.

Concept Books: Shapes, Colors, Etc.

SE.Ar662mo	Aronsky, Jim. Mouse Letters: A Very First Alphabet Book. . Clarion. 1999.
SE.C1922i	Aronsky, Jim. Mouse Numbers: A Very First Counting Book. Clarion. 1999.
SE.C1922i	Carle, Eric. I See a Song. Crowell. 1973.
SE.C478a	Chwast, Seymour. The Alphabet Parade. HBJ. 1991.
Q. SE.ER662U1995	Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Up to Ten and Down Again. Mulberry. 1995.
S.513.H651c	Hoban, Tana. Circles, Triangles, and Squares. Macmillan. 1974.
SE.H651is	Hoban, Tana. Is It Larger? Is It Smaller? Greenwillow. 1985.
Q.SE.H651d	Hoban, Tana. Dots, Spots, Speckles, and Stripes. Greewillow. 1987.
Q.SE.H651of (CBX)	Hoban, Tana. Of Colors and Things. Greenwillow. 1989.
SE.H6512r	Hoban, Tana. Round and Round and Round. Greenwillow. 1983.
S.779H651s	Hoban, Tana. Shapes and Things. Macmillan. 1970.
SE.H651s	Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Greenwillow. 1986.
SE.H651wh	Hoban, Tana. What Is That? Greenwillow. 1994.
SE.J1322L	Jackson, Bobby L. and Julienne Jones. Little Matt Mattix. Multicultural Publications. 1995.
SE.L661co	Lionni, Leo. Colors to Talk About. Pantheon. 1985.
SE.L661wh	Lionni, Leo. What? Pantheon. 1983.
SE.L661whe	Lionni, Leo. When? Pantheon. 1983.
SE.L661whr	Lionni, Leo. Where? Pantheon. 1983.
SE.L661who	Lionni, Leo. Who? Pantheon. 1983.
SE.St48g	Stevenson, James. Grandpa's Great City Tour. Greenwillow. 1983.

Visual Perception

SE.An78t	Anno, Mitsumasa. Topsy-Turvies. Weatherhill. 1970.
SE.B2284z	Banyai, Istvan. Zoom. Viking. 1995.
SE.B2284r	Banyai, Istvan. Re-zoom. Viking. 1995.
Q. SE.B2284rre	Banyai, Istvan. REM-Rapid Eye Movement. Viking. 1997.
S.B228o	Banyai, Istvan. The Other Side. Chronicle. 2005.
S.779H651l	Hoban, Tana. Look Again! Macmillan. 1971.
Q.SE.H651l	Hoban, Tana. Look! Look! Look! Greenwillow. 1988.
Q.S.779.092H651s	Hoban, Tana. Shadows and Reflections. Greenwillow. 1990.
SE.H652t	Hoban, Tana. Take Another Look. Greenwillow. 1981.
SE.H97ch	Hutchins, Pat. Changes, Changes. Macmillan. 1971.
SE.J4182l	Jenkins, Steve. Looking Down. Houghton Mifflin. 1995.

Holidays, Seasons, Day/Night

SE.B76s	Briggs, Raymond. The Snowman. Random House. 1978.
SE.C6912o	Collington, Peter. On Christmas Eve. Knopf. 1990.
Q.SE.C691s	Collington, Peter. A Small Miracle. Knopf. 1997.
SE.D33cc (CBX)	Day, Alexandra. Carl's Christmas. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1990.
SE.G61s	Goodall, John S. Shrewbettina's Birthday. Harcourt Brace. 1970.
SE.K856a	Krahn, Fernando. April Fools. Dutton. 1974.
SE.K856ho	Krahn, Fernando. How Santa Claus Had a Long and Difficult Journey Delivering his Presents. Delacorte. 1968.
SE.K856li	Krahn, Fernando. Little Love Story. Lippincott. 1976.
SE.K856se	Krahn, Fernando. The Self-Made Snowman. Lippincott. 1974.
SE.K856sl	Krahn, Fernando. Sleep Tight, Alex Pumpernickel. Little, Brown. 1982.
SE.M139c	McCully, Emily Arnold. The Christmas Gift. Harper Trophy. 1992.
SE.Or5m	Ormerod, Jan. Moonlight. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. 1982.
SE.Or5s	Ormerod, Jan. Sunshine. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. 1981.
SE.Ox2g	Oxenbury, Helen. Good Night, Good Morning. Dial. 1991.
SE.R5613S	Robinson, Colin. Sunrise. Bedrick/Blackie. 1992.
SE.SP442pc	Spier, Peter. Peter Spier's Christmas. Doubleday. 1993.

Fantasy and Adventure

SE.An78d	Anno, Mitsumasa. Dr. Anno's Magical Midnight Circus/u>. Weatherhill. 1972.
Q. SE.B581C	Blake, Quentin. Clown. H. Holt. 1996.
SE.C426r	Chesworth, Michael. Rainy Day Dream. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1992.
SE.C6912a	Collington, Peter. The Angel and the Soldier Boy. Knopf. 1987.
SE.C6912l	Collington, Peter. Little Pickle. Dutton. 1986.
SE.C6912m	Collington, Peter. The Midnight Circus. Knopf. 1992.
Q. SE.C821f	Cosentino, Ralph. The Marvelous Misadventures of Fun-Boy. Viking. 2006.
SE.D391o	Demarest, Chris L. Orville's Odyssey. Prentice-Hall. 1986.
SE.F335s	Felix, Monique. The Story of a Little Mouse Trapped in a Book. Green Tiger Press. 1980.
SE.F335w	Felix, Monique. The Wind. Stewart, Tabori, and Chang. 1991.
SE.G61a	Goodall, John S. Adventures of Paddy Pork. Harcourt Brace. 1968.
SE.G61c	Goodall, John S. Creepy Castle. Atheneum. 1975.
SE.G61j	Goodall, John S. Jacko. Harcourt Brace. 1971.
SE.G61m	Goodall, John S. The Midnight Adventures of Kelly, Dot, and Esmeralda. Atheneum. 1972.
SE.G61n	Goodall, John S. Naughty Nancy. Atheneum. 1975.
SE.G61ng	Goodall, John S. Naughty Nancy Goes to School. Atheneum. 1985.
SE.G61pg	Goodall, John S. Paddy Goes Traveling. Atheneum. 1982.
SE.G61pp	Goodall, John S. Paddy Pork, Odd Jobs. Atheneum. 1983.
SE.G61p	Goodall, John S. Paddy's Evening Out. Atheneum. 1973.
SE.G61pt	Goodall, John S. Paddy to the Rescue. Atheneum. 1985.
SE.G61pu	Goodall, John S. Paddy Underwater. Atheneum. 1984.
SE.G61su	Goodall, John S. The Surprise Picnic. Atheneum. 1977.
SE.K856ar	Krahn, Fernando. Arthur's Adventure in the Abandoned House. Dutton. 1981.
SE.K856c	Krahn, Fernando. The Creepy Thing. Clarion Books. 1982.
SE.K856f	Krahn, Fernando. A Flying Saucer Full of Spaghetti. Dutton. 1970.
SE.K856m	Krahn, Fernando. Mystery of the Giant Footprints. Dutton. 1977.
SE.K856s	Krahn, Fernando. Sebastian and the Mushroom. Delacorte Press. 1976.
SE.M452bu	Mayer, Mercer. Bubble Bubble. Parents' Magazine Press. 1973.
SE.M452f	Mayer, Mercer. Frog, Where Are You? Dial. 1969.
SE.M452fd	Mayer, Mercer. Frog Goes to Dinner. Dial. 1974.
SE.M452fo	Mayer, Mercer. Frog on His Own. Dial. 1973.
SE.M452tw	Mayer, Mercer. Two More Moral Tales. Four Winds Press. 1974.
Q.SE.N988r	Nygren, Tord. The Red Thread. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1987.
Q.SE.P8872g	Prater, John. The Gift. Viking Kestrel. 1986.
Q. SE.R631b	Rogers, Gregory. The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, and The Bard. Roaring Press. 2004.
Q.SE.R636t	Rohmann, Eric. Time Flies. Crown. 1994.
SE.Sch66j	Schories, Pat. Jack and the Night Visitors. Front Street. 2006.
SE.Sch78w	Schubert, Dieter. Where's My Monkey? Dial. 1987.
S.W214s	Ward, Lynd. The Silver Pony. Houghton Mifflin. 1973.
Q.SE.W6373f	Wiesner, David. Free Fall. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. 1988.
Q.SE.W6373t	Wiesner, David. Tuesday. Clarion. 1991.
Q.SE.W6373s	Wiesner, David. Sector 7. Clarion. 1999.
Q.SE.W439y	Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss. You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum. Dial. 1998.

Animals

SE.Al44ta	Aliki. Tabby. HarperCollins. 1995.
SE. An234b	Anderson, Lena. Bunny Story. R & S Books. 1988.
Q. SE.Ar83l	Aruego, Jose and Ariane Dewey. The Last Laugh. Dial. 2006.
Q. SE.B284T	Bartlett, T.C. Tuba Lessons. Harcourt. 1997.
Q. SE.B387H	Bech, Bente; story by Peter Lind. Hot On The Scent. Gareth Stevens. 1992.
SE.C1922ve (RBX)	Carle, Eric. A Very Long Tail. Crowell. 1971.
SE.C23c	Carroll, Ruth. The Chimp and the Clown. Walck. 1968.
SE.D33c	Day, Alexandra. Carl Goes Shopping. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1989.
SE.D33cm	Day, Alexandra. Carl's Masquerade. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1992.
SE.D33cp	Day, Alexandra. Carl's Afternoon in the Park. FSG. 1991.
SE.D33fo	Day, Alexandra. Follow Carl. FSG. 1998.
SE.D441hu	De Paola, Tomie. The Hunter and the Animals. Holiday House. 1981.
SE.D816y	Drescher, Henrik. The Yellow Umbrella. Bradbury Press. 1987.
SE.H294d	Hauptmann, Tatjana. A Day in the Life of Petronella Pig. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 1982.
SE.H651wt	Hoban, Tana. Who Are They? Greenwillow. 1994.
Q.SE.M132h	McClintock, Barbara. The Heartaches of a French Cat. D. R. Godine. 1988.
SE. M139fo	McCully, Emily Arnold. Four Hungry Kittens. Dial. 2001.
SE.Ox2mo	Oxenbury, Helen. Monkey See, Monkey Do. Dial. 1982.
Q.SE.Sch66m	Schories, Pat. Mouse Around. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1991.
SE.S81d	Sis, Peter. Dinosaur! Greenwillow. 2000.
SE.Sm615f1996	Smith, Lane. Flying Jake. Aladdin. 1996.
SE.T125e	Tafuri, Nancy. Early Morning in the Barn. Greenwillow. 1983.
Q.SE.T125d	Tafuri, Nancy. Do Not Disturb. Greenwillow. 1987.
Q.SE.T125f	Tafuri, Nancy. Follow me! Greenwillow. 1990.
Q.SE.T125j	Tafuri, Nancy. Junglewalk. Greenwillow. 1988.
SE.T153h	Tanaka, Hideyuki. The Happy Dog. Atheneum. 1983.
SE.V743br	Vincent, Gabrielle. Breakfast Time, Ernest & Celestine. Greenwillow. 1982.
SE.V743ep	Vincent, Gabrielle. Ernest & Celestine's Patchwork Quilt. Greenwillow. 1982.
SE.V743j:E	Vincent, Gabrielle. A Day, a Dog. Front Street. 2000.
SE.W734b	Winter, Paula. The Bear and the Fly. Crown. 1976.
SE.Y84u	Young, Ed. Up a Tree. Harper & Row. 1983.

Friendship

SE.Ar83l	Aruego, Jose. Look What I Can Do. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1971.
SE.B797p:E	Brouillard, Anne. Three Topsy-Turvy Tales. Thomasson-Grant. 1992.
SE.C1922d	Carle, Eric. Do You Want To Be My Friend? Crowell. 1971.
SE.M452b	Mayer, Mercer. A Boy, a Dog and a Frog. Dial. 1967.
SE.M452bo	Mayer, Mercer and Mayer, Marianna. A Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend. Dial. 1971.
SE.M8342l	Morris, Terry Nell. Lucky Puppy! Lucky Boy! Knopf. 1980.

Miscellaneous

SE.An234bb	Anderson, Lena. Bunny Box. R & S Books. 1991.
SE.An234bf	Anderson, Lena. Bunny Fun. R & S Books. 1991.
SE.An234bp	Anderson, Lena. Bunny Party. R & S Books. 1988.
SE.An234bs	Anderson, Lena. Bunny Surprise. R & S Books. 1990.
SE.An234bu	Anderson, Lena. Bunny Bath. R & S Books. 1990.
SE.An78ab	Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Britain. Philomel. 1982.
SE.An78aj	Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Journey. Collins-World. 1978.
SE.An78au	Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's U.S.A. Philomel. 1983.
Q.SE.B1742wi	Baker, Jeannie. Window. Greenwillow. 1991.
SE.B575R	Blair, Margot. The Red String. J. Paul Getty Museum and Children’s Library Press. 1996.
SE.B6432j	Bonners, Susan. Just in Passing. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. 1986.
SE.C8676tr	Crews, Donald. Truck. Greenwillow. 1980.
SE.D441p	De Paola, Tomie. Pancakes for Breakfast. Harcourt Brace. 1978.
SE.D441si	De Paola, Tomie. Sing, Pierrot, Sing. Harcourt Brace. 1983.
Q. SE.D392y	Dematons, Charlotte. The Yellow Balloon. Front Street/Leminscaat. 2003.
SE.F663c	Florian, Douglas. The City. Crowell. 1982.
S.629.4F951he	Fuchs, Erich. Journey to the Moon. Delacorte. 1969.
Q.SE.G61pus	Goodall, John S. Puss in Boots. Atheneum. 1990.
SE.G61sf	Goodall, John S. The Story of a Farm. Atheneum. 1989.
SE.G61st	Goodall, John S. The Story of an English Village. Atheneum. 1979.
Q. SE.H574d	Himler, Ronald. Dancing Boy. Star Bright. 2005.
S.624H651d	Hoban, Tana. Dig, Drill, Dump, Fill. Greenwillow. 1975.
SE.H6792a	Hogrogian, Nonny. Apples. Macmillan. 1972.
SE.K22c	Keats, Ezra Jack. Clementina's Cactus. Viking. 1982.
SE.K751t	Knobler, Susan. The Tadpole and the Frog. Harvey. 1974.
SE.M452h	Mayer, Mercer. Hiccup. Dial. 1976.
SE.M139p	McCully, Emily Arnold. Picnic. Harper & Row. 1984.
SE.Ox2be	Oxenbury, Helen. Beach Day. Dial. 1991.
SE.Ox2sh	Oxenbury, Helen. Shopping Trip. Dial. 1982.
SE.Sp442pe	Spier, Peter. Peter Spier's Rain. Doubleday. 1982.
SE.T847d	Turkle, Brinton. Deep in the Forest. Dutton. 1976.
SE.W421b	Wegen, Ronald. Balloon Trip. Clarion. 1981.
Q. SE.W439y	Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss. You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum. Dial. 1998.
Q. SE.W439you	Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss. You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts. Dial. 2002.
Q. SE.W439yo	Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss. You Can’t Take a Balloon into the National Gallery. Dial. 2000.
SE.W669e	Wilhoite, Michael. The Entertainer. Alyson Wonderland. 1992.

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