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40 Wordless Books for Speech Therapy

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16 Dec

Wordless books are a great way to reach students in speech therapy. First of all, they take the burden of reading off the table for students who are non-readers or students still learning how to read. It’s a great way for students to get excited about books in a no-pressure kind of way.

Wordless Books in Speech Therapy

Additionally, as speech pathologists we can narrate the book to match the age level of the student we are working with. I’m a speech path who works with a wide variety of students and some need vocabulary to be broken down in a way that makes it easily digestible. Wordless books allow me the flexibility as an educator to customize the book for the student(s) I’m working with.

IEP Goals Targeted by Wordless Books

The following speech therapy IEP goals can be targeted with wordless books:

  • Answering WH-questions
  • Describing
  • Inferencing
  • Vocabulary

Using Wordless Books for Eliciting a Speech Sample

Additionally, wordless books are *perfect* for eliciting a speech sample as part of an evaluation. They are really perfect because there is no reading involved, which can impact a speech sample negatively, such as a student reading versus talking.

40 Favorite Wordless Books for Speech Therapy

Here’s a lengthy list of wordless books that is definitely not a definitive list (feel free to comment below with other books I should check out and potentially add to this list). However, I think you will find lots of these books at the library and on Amazon. Just so you know, these links are affiliate links through Amazon:

  1. Tuesday by David Wiesner
  2. Journey by Aaron Becker
  3. Spot, the Cat by Henry Cole
  4. Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin
  5. The Only Child by GuoJing
  6. Flora and The Flamingo by Molly Schaar Idle
  7. Sidewalk Flowers by Jonarno Lawson
  8. Mirror by Suzy Lee
  9. The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
  10. Wonder Bear by Tao Nyeu
  11. Hunters of the Great Forest by Dennis Nolan
  12. South by Patrick McDonnell
  13. Float by Daniel Miyares
  14. The Typewriter by Bill Thomson
  15. Fish by Liam Francis Walsh
  16. Flashlight by Lizi Boyd
  17. A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
  18. Flotsam by David Wiesner
  19. Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
  20. Chalk by Bill Thomson
  21. Fossil by Bill Thomson
  22. Pool by Jihyeon Lee
  23. Lines by Suzy Lee
  24. Free Fall by David Wiesner
  25. The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
  26. Red Sled by Lita Judge
  27. Good Dog Carl by Alexandra Day
  28. Hank Finds an Egg by Rebecca Dudley
  29. Inside Outside by Lizi Boyd
  30. Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
  31. Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola
  32. Rain by Peter Spier
  33. Sector 7 by David Wiesner
  34. The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
  35. Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
  36. Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
  37. Wave by Suzy Lee
  38. Carl’s Birthday by Alexandra Day
  39. Goodnight, Good Dog Carl by Alexandra Day
  40. Fly! By Mark Teague

I hope this list inspires you to use a wordless book in your next speech therapy session!

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Comments

  1. Melanie says

    December 16, 2020 at 10:58 am

    Goodnight Gorilla, Chalk

    • Sarah Wu says

      December 17, 2020 at 11:36 am

      Ohh, good ones!

  2. Hope says

    December 17, 2020 at 10:11 am

    The rest of the Journey Trilogy books by Aaron Becker – Quest and Return

    • Sarah Wu says

      December 17, 2020 at 11:36 am

      Neat! I’ll look into those

  3. Susie says

    December 17, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    I love ‘Tuesday’ and ‘Goodnight Gorilla!’
    Also:
    ‘Zoom,’ Istvan Banyai
    ‘Boy a Dog and a Frog’ books (several) Mercer Mayer
    ‘Blue Hat, Green Hat’ Sandra Boynton
    ‘Rainstorm’ Barbara Lehman
    ‘The Secret in The Dungeon’ Fernando Krahn

    • Sarah Wu says

      December 30, 2020 at 2:26 pm

      Thank you for sharing!! 🙂

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