Beautiful Wordless Children’s Picture Books For Your Whimsy.

A little science-loving boy goes to the beach with his parents and while he’s analyzing the beach life he finds something out of the ordinary. A vintage, barnacle-encrusted underwater camera carrying a secret.

I was blown away by the incredible storytelling as well as the whimsical art where every single detail matters! This is the kind of story that will leave you thinking afterwards and there are so many layers and themes woven throughout the images that children and adults alike can appreciate.

On a snowy day, a young boy rushes outside to build a snowman, which later comes to life. He invites the snowman into his house and then the snowman takes him flying on adventures together.

The art has a hazy dream-like quality that makes this tale very atmospheric and perfect for winter. The Snowman is a classic story that has endured for multiple generations and I can see why! It’s entertaining, humorous, and sweet.

A little girl, lost and alone, follows a mysterious stag into the woods and into a surreal world in the clouds. There she makes friends, and experiences wonders, but she misses her mother.

The story is inspired from the author’s lived experience
of the loneliness of childhood under China’s one-child policy. It’s emotionally and visually striking, in large part because of its monochromatic art style.

A young girl draws a magic door in her bedroom which leads her into a mysterious land where adventure, but also danger, await! This is a trilogy where each wordless book follows right from where the last one left off to offer an epic story of self-determination and friendship.

Journey, Quest, and Return are a fast-paced action story and I loved seeing how imagination literally comes to life in this world! As the series goes along, we get to meet more characters and fight together against the forces that would eliminate our individuality.

Three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day.

I really loved the realistic art style where you can practically see individual threads and feel the texture of clothes mixed with the heightened absurdity of drawings coming to life! It’s also fun to see how the children choose to solve their chalk-based problems with their creativity. I had seen this one years ago as an adult and it stayed with me so I can only imagine how impactful it would be for kids who get to grow up with it!

A little girl goes to the beach with her mom and rescues a tiny octopus. The more she spends time with the octopus in an underwater adventure, the more she understands the beauty of the Octopus’s world.

Thank you to Two Lions for sending me the ARC for this adorable wordless picture book! I was utterly enchanted by the underwater scenes and this charming friendship between a girl and a tiny octopus. It has such a wholesome message and it will inspire little minds to appreciate the ocean and keep it clean!