Monday, July 12, 2021

Paddy's Payday (1989)

     Paddy is an Irish Terrier and half of an acrobatic show. Paddy's owner is Trilby O'Farrell. They live a trailer. On Paddy's Payday, Trilby gives Paddy a small sack of money. Paddy trots off to the nearby village and does some shopping. I love Alexander Day's illustrations. Her dog, Carl, does a walk-on in this book.☺At the end of the day, Paddy donates leftover money to charity. Paddy returns home with flowers for Trilby. The text is minimal in this book, making it primarily a wordless picture book. Beautiful wordless picture books encourage children to narrate, and so have a designated spot in my bookshelves.

Teach Motivate Create has Bow Meow Wow. Speech and Teach Supplies has a Wordless Picture Book Planning Sheet. Swiss Cheese Teaching has a Sleepy Cat Wordless Book.

That Neighbor Kid (2017)

  That Neighbor Kid by Daniel Miyares (2017) is pretty much wordless. The boy and girl speak only once, and that's to say "Hi...