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This book would be good to use if you are introducing the flow of stories. After looking at this book, students could work to create their own wordless stories.

Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman is a book that follows a little boy on his field trip to the museum. The illustrations help students follow along with the story, specifically with the use of different shapes and lines. The lines help to give dimension and help the reader feel the choppiness of an actual museum as you go from room to room. The shapes help the reader to distinguish between different doorways and art works.

This would be a great book to use with new or struggling readers. The illustrations help create a story that suck you in without having to read words at all.

The Typewriter by Bill Thomson is about children who find a typewriter, and whatever they type comes true. The illustrations are movie-like, yet easy to follow along. The composition of the backgrounds, the typewriting, and the individual child's face when typing help portray the emotions each child is feeling when typing out the word they desire. The variations of dark and light colors are engaging. The light colors make it feel like the beach.

There is no text in this book, but I think my favorite page would be near the end as one of the children writes “the end“ and it resets the book for more children to find the typewriter and experience it all over again.

This book has the reader follow along the story using the pictures. The pictures are easy to follow along with. This story can boost creativity and could be used in a weekly theme with other books that include only pictures. I think it would be a fun activity to have students draw their own story of what they would do if they got the typewriter.

Review: This book uses different perspectives to show the children typing and the results of what they typed. The artist also uses windows within the pages to show multiple events occurring in order. The setting of the book also changes place as the children discover how the typewriter can do magical things. The colors are vibrant and welcoming as well.