Wordless Refugee Story
A Boy Like Me is a wordless refugee story to help inspire discussions with young readers about what it means to leave your home, to be displaced, and the importance of kindness. The wordless nature of the book is designed to gently facilitate dialogue and promote healthy communication with children on the complex and moving topic of displacement. It explores the uncertainty the boy experiences, but the story ends on a hopeful and heartening note when the little boy makes much-needed friends.
Importance of Children's Wordless Picture Books
Wordless books tell a story simply through illustrations. Wordless picture books are invaluable tools for children's literacy development. The visual stories they tell engage children, regardless of their reading level, by promoting critical thinking, understanding, prediction skills, and storytelling. Wordless books are also a great way to expand children's imagination by encouraging them to think for themselves and help form their own interpretation of what is happening in the visual narrative.
