This book is completely wordless and rightfully so. Chris Raschka' illustrations serve the book's justice. The illustrations allow for the reader to see what they want to see while reading the book, which is such a cool concept. Daisy is the black and white dog who's favorite toy is her red ball. One day another dog comes up and pops her ball at the park. using darker colors such as purples and greys you can tell that Daisy becomes sad about her ball. At the end the other dogs ends up giving her another ball and daisy is happy again! This book did not even need words because the illustrations said it for themselves. I really enjoyed this book because of the no text. I would use this in a classroom to show students that not all books have to have text and sometimes books are even better without text because it lets you use your own imagination. This novel is very unique in that it has no words and specifically uses watercolor characters to employ its message. Throughout the book it depicts an energetic dog that deals with the loss of her favorite ball. The illustrations of this story line are so incredible because the detail of each picture genuinely depicts a cycle of excitement, depression and conclusive happiness, which occurs up until the conclusion of the text. This is done through the darkening of colors and the saddened/happy facial expression upon loss and retrieval of the ball. I truly loved the simplicity of the book, however I believe with its absence of words, it puts a major emphasis on the way it should be read or presented to students with some sort of background introduction. This book could serve as a unit book for an English lesson where the students have to mimic the artistic style of the book and create their own children’s book with no words, having the story be told through the pictures alone. This book was so much fun to read because it truly allows for your imagination to soar and Raschka, C. (2011). A Ball for Daisy. New York: Shwartz & Wade Books.
What do You think about A Ball For Daisy (2011)?
Cute, simple story, although not realistic (dog mourns loss of ball for half a walk).
—CCHEN
Very entertaining pictures for children to see.
—elmarks66
