I enjoyed the articles by Cassady & Reese.  I found this very interesting that this is our next discussion because my students are really starting to get into wordless books.  They have been talking to me about them and are very interested of how the books are fun but still complex at the same time.  To give an example: one of my students check out the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Biran Selnickthe author explains the book: “it is a 550 page novel in words and pictures. But unlike most novels, the images in my new book don’t just illustrate the story; they help tell it. I’ve used the lessons I learned from Remy Charlip and other masters of the picture book to create something that is not a exactly a novel, not quite a picture book, not really a graphic novel, or a flip book or a movie, but a combination of all these things. “  the students love that some pages have words and the other pages have pictures that also tell the story.  When one student is finished another checks it out, it can not stay on the shelf.  I also introduced them to one I found at Barnes and Nobles The Arrival by Shaun Tan the author says the book is “in a wordless, wondrous pictorial narrative — an immigrant’s parting from his family and journey toward the future in a new land that is simultaneously ominous and hopeful. Told in drawings of varying sizes — sometimes there are 12 panels to a page, sometimes 4; there are many full-page images –”.  Both of these books the students love and can’t quick talking about.  Then my instructional coach came into my room last week and heard the students talking about the books and the next day she brought me a bag of wordless books for me to share and discuss with my students.  I really like how the articles gave good lessons that you can do with wordless books and how writing can be Incorporated with these.  Telling you how to model using wordless books was very helpful.  I never really thought about a student not understanding a wordless book but it makes sense so, I will definitely model how to read a wordless book from my perspective.  The articles metions that students need to feel comfortable telling their story because everyone’s interpertation may be different but not wrong.  Like the article says “In fact their greatest asset seems to be that they ensure succesfull reading experiences because there are no ”right” words.”