And wordless books are growing in popularity and garnering kudos. Since 2007, four wordless books have won the prestigious Caldecott Medal — the top U.S. literary award for illustrated books: A Ball ...

When someone thinks of stories, they imagine words, spoken or written. But when it comes to books for children, there is a long and distinctive tradition in wordless picture books, books for all ages ...

For many of us, large-leafed picture books have been the first steps to reading. As words grow into sentences and paragraphs, illustrations are edged out. But there’s a lot happening in the space of ...

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I am an insufferably logocentric sort, preferring all versions of the world around me filtered through the medium of words – anything written, a book, a magazine, a blog, a list, or a plain old ...