Picture Books > Textless Picture Books
Wordless Picture Books that rely entirely on illustrations to tell a story.
The Wrong Side of the Bed by Edward Ardizzone
30.00 NZD
Category: Nostalgic Picture Books
This classic and touching tale by Edward Ardizzone is brought back into print in 2016. One day, Johnny gets out on the wrong side of the bed. His day starts badly and gets worse from there - until he finds a sixpence and decides to turn things around. This wordless story, told only by Ardizzone's tradem ...Show more
Monkey on the Run by Leo Timmers
20.00 NZD
Category: Textless Picture Books
A traffic jam becomes the ultimate playground for Monkey as he leaps from one vehicle to another, finding stories within stories. Papa Monkey and Little Monkey are on their way. But the street is very busy and they are going so slowly! Little Monkey loses patience and jumps onto the fire engine. Up th ...Show more
Zero Local: Next Stop: Kindness by Ethan Murrow; Vita Murrow
27.00 NZD
Category: Textless Picture Books
Board the train for a story of art, diversity, and community in a near-wordless tale told through masterful, sumptuously detailed black-and-white illustrations. Train riders are used to stressful delays on the Zero Local line. But when a new passenger shows gratitude to the driver on their daily com ...Show more
Migrants by Issa Watanabe
28.00 NZD
Category: Textless Picture Books
The migrants must leave the forest. Borders are crossed, sacrifices made, loved ones are lost. It takes such courage to reach the end. At last the journey is over and the migrants arrive. This is the new place.With forceful simplicity, Migrants narrates the journey of a group of animals leaving a leafle ...Show more
Draw the Line by Kathryn Otoshi
23.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
Draw the Line is a powerful picture book about forgiveness from Kathryn Otoshi, author of the bestselling book One. When two boys draw their own lines and realize they can connect them together—magic happens! But a misstep causes their lines to get crossed. Push! Pull! Tug! Yank! Soon their line unra ...Show more
Moonlight by Jan Ormerod
28.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Jan Ormerod's classic wordless picture books, SUNSHINE and MOONLIGHT, are back in print at last, in these special 40th anniversary editions. It's nearly bedtime and a little girl is eating her dinner, playing in the bath and saying goodnight to her toys. But she's not quite ready to sleep yet. 'I depe ...Show more
Return (Journey #3) by Aaron Becker
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books | Series: Journey
Welcome the much-anticipated finale of Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker's wordless trilogy--a spectacular, emotionally satisfying story that brings its adventurer home. Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and adventure. It's her th ...Show more
Flotsam by David Wiesner
19.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam - anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-enc ...Show more
Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident by Kate Prendergast
19.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books
Dog On A Digger is a wonderful, wordless picture book, readers are drawn in to narrate. Dog is helping his master on the building site when his little friend goes missing. Plucky Dog takes charge and cleverly brings the digger to the rescue. A winning combination of charming animals and meticulously dra ...Show more
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
19.00 NZD
Category: Textless Picture Books
Winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal A girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home? Pictures rich with feeling tell this satisfying story of friendship and trust. Here is a book set on a wintry night that will spark imaginations and warm hearts, from award-win ...Show more
Sunshine by Jan Ormerod
28.00 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
Jan Ormerod's classic wordless picture books, SUNSHINE and MOONLIGHT, are back in print at last, in these special 40th anniversary editions. It's morning, and the first rays of sunlight shine into a little girl's bedroom and wake her up. She gets out of bed, goes to wake her parents and soon she is rea ...Show more
The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer
24.00 NZD
Category: Sophisticated Picture Books
A spectacular, surreal and cinematic wordless picture book about the secret life of animals. Far from the city, but not quite in the countryside, lies a fairground. When night falls, and the fair is empty, something unexpected happens. Wild animals emerge from the trees, a brave raccoon pulls a lever, ...Show more