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Books Without Words

By Brian Ellison,

Published August 6, 2015 at 10:02 AM CDT

A book is often evaluated by the words it contains, but what value does a book with no words have? It turns out that wordless books can bolster creativity for both children and adults.

Guests:

Daniel Miyares is the Kansas City-based author of the wordless book, Float.
Bradley Debrick is an early development librarian at the Johnson County Public Library. He has compiled a list of wordless book recommendations for children and adults.

To take you inside the pages of Miyares' book, Float, 6-year-old Ilan Steigman "reads" his version of the story:

0805UTD_FloatWeb.mp3

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