A ball for Daisy Written & Illustrated by Christopher Raschka

Raschka, Christopher. A ball for Daisy. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011. Print. 32 pages.
Age Group:	2 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	A delightful Picture Book that portrays a story about a dog who has a red ball that eventually bursts and the dog is sad.
Personal Reaction:	The pictures with no words allow the young reader ages 2-4 to create their own story using their own vocabulary and learn new vocabulary as they are using their creative juices.  The illustrations are childlike in their execution and will appeal to the young creative mind. Many adult readers can relate to knowing someone or a pet that had a ball broken, thus the potential for creative adaptations to this wordless story could almost be endless.
Keywords/Tags:	Dog, Emotions,
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	This wordless books allows a child to develop print motivation, the desire to read, narrative skills, and vocabulary by creating their own narration to the illustrations to build upon visual literacy skills