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35 Wordless Picture Books from Indian publishers
We often say that children’s literature is for everyone- it offers the imagination, the narrative and the richness that can appeal to readers of all ages. Wordless Picture Books, in this sense, move a step ahead. In the absence of an accompanying and guiding text, wordless picture books break linguistic and reading proficiency barriers. With a solely visually rendered narrative, these books present umpteen possibilities of engagement and meaning-making, inviting the reader to actively participate in co-creating the story. Pedagogically too, wordless picture books offer numerous benefits to emergent readers- supporting the development of pre-reading skills, visual discrimination and inferential thinking. Wordless Picture Books are quiet, but they offer a uniqueness in the loudest of ways! Celebrating them this World Book Day, here is a list of some wonderful Wordless Picture Books published in India.
Wordless Picture Books are quiet, but they offer a uniqueness in the loudest of ways! Celebrating them this World Book Day, here is a list of some wonderful Wordless Picture Books published in India.
Loop/Chakkar
Publisher: Eklavya
Author: Ishita Biswas
Illustrator: Ishita Biswas
There are these simplest elements on the earth that nurture the most complex loops of life. This natural system reveals its sensitivity to the increasing dominance of a single element.
Walking Stick/Chadi
Publisher: Eklavya
Author: BV Suresh
Illustrator: BV Suresh
Up on the clouds with a walking stick. Peering down at the tiny houses and trees…is this real or is it a dream?
कश्ती
प्रकाशन: एकलव्य
लेखन: निशीथ मेहता
चित्रांकन: निशीथ मेहता
कहानी कागज की कश्ती और उसके सफर की।
कुत्ते का एक दिन / A Dog’s Day
प्रकाशन: एकलव्य
लेखन: नरेंद्र आर. नायर
चित्रांकन: नरेंद्र आर. नायर
क्या आपने कभी सोंचा है की कुत्ते का एक दिन कैसा होता होगा! आखिर वो दिन भर क्या करता होगा…
जब मैं मोती को घर लाई
प्रकाशन: जुगनू प्रकाशन, इकतारा
लेखन: प्रोयति रॉय
चित्रांकन: प्रोयति रॉय
दोस्त कहीां भी मिल सकता है, जैसे मोती मुझे मिला।
अम्मा
प्रकाशन: जुगनू प्रकाशन, इकतारा
लेखन: कविता सिंह काले
चित्रांकन: कविता सिंह काले
क्या आपने किसी अम्मा को देखा है जिसके पास मेरे जैसा बच्चा नहीं है?
The Story of a Mango
Publisher: National Book Trust
Author: Debashish Deb
Illustrator: Debashish Deb
Many an adventure for a mango!
Find the Half Circles
Publisher: National Book Trust
Author: Badri Narayan
Illustrator: Badri Narayan
Busy Ants
Publisher: National Book Trust
Author: Pulak Biswas
Illustrator: Pulak Biswas
Everything two ants do for a ladoo!
Flitter-Flutter
Publisher: National Book Trust
Author: Jeyanthi Manokaram
Illustrator: Jeyanthi Manokaram
A butterfly in a Warli painting flies away. A little tribal girl is chasing it. Will she be able to catch it?
Diwali
Publisher: National Book Trust
Author: Ravi Paranjape
Illustrator: Ravi Paranjape
A Visit to the City Market
Publisher: National Book Trust
Author: Manjula Padmanabhan
Illustrator: Manjula Padmanabhan
Walk around the city to know about the city!
Snip
Publisher: Pratham Books
Author: Canato Jimo
Illustrator: Canato Jimo
Canato Jimo’s wordless picture book will leave you feeling utterly enchanted and filled with joy following the antics of two little ones who lay their hands on a pair of scissors. True, we must never leave scissors around for little hands to find, but what happens in the pages of this book will only bring a smile to your face, and another, and another.
Dugga
Publisher: Pratham Books
Author: Rajiv Eipe
Illustrator: Rajiv Eipe
This is a heart-warming wordless picture book which tells the story of an indie dog in a busy city. Dugga’s life is not easy – he lives beneath the sidewalk, forages for food and often faces the wrath of humans. But as a survivor he’s incredibly endearing. Then one day he has a nasty accident. The illustrations are remarkable, done only in shades of brown, as they make us relook at all the dogs who live and survive on the streets around us.
This is Where We Live
Publisher: Pratham Books
Author: Manjari Chakravarti
Illustrator: Manjari Chakravarti
Here is a story of a day that starts sunny, turns stormy and rainy, and all this through compelling and bold sketches. The book is sure to have the reader’s heart. And it is likely that readers will return to the book, time and again, and each time find something new. The narrative has the ability to connect with the reader’s world, their days of sun, storm and rain, and who knows, it may even encourage them to pick up a pencil and start sketching!
The Theatre of Ghosts
Publisher: Pratham Books
Author: Pankaj Saikia
Illustrator: Pankaj Saikia
A journey in the dark to an evening of traditional theatre turns out to be quite the adventure for five children and a puppy. The pages in this wordless tale are brilliantly lit by the illustrations where the children, led by the three girls, encounter fears as they make their way through the jungles, fields and wetlands of the Majuli island. A sterling example of a deeply contextual story that echoes universal themes and values while not losing a sense of adventure and fun.
My Street
Publisher: Pratham Books
Author: Sadaf Siddique
Illustrator: Habib Ali
A tale for today’s troubled times, where the entire neighbourhood comes together to help a boy who breaks a toy that he used to ride the streets. The sense of movement, speed and joy of the boy as he whizzes through the neighbourhood are superbly captured in snapshots from different vantage points in this wordless book. The strong theme of fraternity is held easily but firmly in this breezy and beautifully illustrated book.
The Tree Book
Publisher: Speaking Tiger
Author: Mehlli Gobhai
Illustrator: Mehlli Gobhai
An Indian Beach
Publisher: Tara Books
Author: Joelle Jolivet
Illustrator: Joelle Jolivet
This beach on the South Indian coast is full of activity. By day you can see fishermen bring in the catch, women selling fish, people and animals going about their business… but then, when the sun starts to set, the beach becomes a different place – now it’s time for everyone to play, talk, sit around, eat and have fun… until the fisherfolk go to sleep, and all the others go home. French artist Joëlle Jolivet takes you through a day – and night – on an Indian beach. Have fun exploring, colouring, and adding to this never-ending book surrounded by the sea!
Knock Knock
Publisher: Tara Books
Author: Kaori Takahashi
Illustrator: Kaori Takahashi
“Where is my bear?” asks a little girl as soon as she comes home from school. But he’s missing! Where could he be? She sets off to find him, knocking on the door of each apartment in her building. As she climbs higher and higher, she meets a strange bunch of people and objects, makes new friends, sees strange sights… but what about her bear? Will she find him? A child’s quest for her lost toy turns into a wonderful adventure that unfolds, literally, fold after fold into a building full of life. Knock! Knock! is book architecture at its inspired best.
Peek-A-Book
Publisher: Tara Books
Author: Kaori Takahashi
Illustrator: Kaori Takahashi
Set of four interactive picture books in one handy box set. This box features:
Birthday Surprise It’s today! It’s today! It’s our friend’s birth-day!
Boo! Peek-a-boo… I see… who?
The Tree A cat on a tree, an apple for me, What else can you see, on this tree?
Who’s Hungry? Chomp, chomp, chomp… who’s munching on their lunch?
Round and Round Books
Publisher: Tulika Books
Author: Deepa Balsavar
Illustrator: Deepa Balsavar
When young children pick up a book, they like to start where it opens. This set of books encourages them to do just that. In physical as well as narrative structure, these books are cyclical. No beginning, no end, no first page, no last page. No text too, just pictures that tell many stories. Handy sized, easy structured and brightly illustrated, these loopy books are endlessly entertaining.
Ammama’s Sari
Publisher: Tulika Books
Author: Niveditha Subramaniam
Illustrator: Niveditha Subramaniam
Oh-oh! Ammama’s sari has a hole in it! So she gets down to some snipping and stitching. And the sari becomes a pretty curtain, a snug baby-sling, a perfect plaything for the cat… Niveditha Subramaniam’s stunningly textured cloth collages weave through the pages of this wordless picture book with the touch and feel of the sari. To her, they evoke comfortable sensory memories of her own Ammama — the grandmother for whom upcycling was as natural as being in a sari.
Ammachi’s Glasses
Publisher: Tulika Books
Author: Priya Kuriyan
Illustrator: Priya Kuriyan
Ammachi can’t find her glasses one morning and everything goes topsy-turvy! Page after page spills with drama, humour, detail and local flavour as Priya Kuriyan spins a hilarious tale about a crazy day with unforgettable Ammachi — “the archetypal grandmother from memories of my own childhood in Kerala,” as Priya says. The celebrated illustrator is at her best in her first wordless picture book.
Flutterfly
Publisher: Tulika Books
Author: Niveditha Subramaniam
Illustrator: Niveditha Subramaniam
Something’s fluttering around! It settles on a shoulder here, on a nose there… What is it? Where did it come from? And where is it going? Follow the splash of orange to find out! Lively illustrations with a vivid pop of colour put you on the trail of a story that needs no words.
The Little Red String
Publisher Pratham Books
Author: Madhumita Srivastava
Illustrator: Madhumita Srivasatava
Nani has just finished knitting a cap for a special visitor. Moni and Viru find that the leftover red string is the most useful thing in the house. A wordless book about families and play.
More books by Pratham Books to read online:
• The Birthday Party
• Out in the Garden
• Spot
• Fly by By
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