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I enjoyed reading this book because it is not often I read wordless books. The illustrations in the book convey the emotions of the characters well. I would use this book with students because this would allow students to get creative about how the characters are feeling and maybe they could write the words for the story.

A Ball for Daisy was the Caldecott medal winner in 2012. The book is about a dog named Daisy who has a ball, she takes the ball to the park. Once Daisy is at the park she begins to play with another dog. While they are playing the ball pops. The next time Daisy and her owner come to the park the other dog is waiting for her with a surprise. This book is wordless, so Daisy's emotions are displayed through illustrations.

I actually loved this book. As a dog and all around animal lover I thought this book was so cute. As an educator I loved that this book tells a story without the use of words. Including different types of books at different levels is so important. This book truly captures the quote “a picture is worth a thousand words”.

Chris Raschka portrays an entire story of a dog without using a single word. He uses squiggly lines to create out lines of the dog with out adding small details like exact furs or even coloring him in. The colors of the back ground portray the emotions of the characters. For example when Daisy is happy the background may be yellow but it would be gray if she was sad.

Daisy‘s ball pops and she gets very sad.

The book does a great job of making you read the emotions to figure out how daisy feels

A ball for daisy is a book that tells a simple story of a dog named daisy with no words. This book allows children to learn how to find the story without the words. The artwork is very chil friendly

There are no words in this story but the pictures convey the meaning very well.

this story would be a great read for a child who cant quite read yet but can understand pictures and feelings through the illustrations

This picture book has no words in it and relies soley on illustrations. It showcases a dog who loves his red ball and goes everywhere with it until it pops one day and he is sad. The illustrations alone make it easy to understand what is being conveyed and the emotions the illustrator is showing.

I love this book. Even with no words I feel connected to Daisy as if I can perfectly understand her emotions.

This book contains no words, but tells a story as if it does. The images perfectly display the love Daisy has for her ball and the despair she has when the ball is deflated. Chris Raschka uses light, and almost blotchy, strokes to create his images that bring so much life to Daisy.

A gaining a friend at the end. (not a quote just a moment that stuck with me)

Beautiful book about what its like to lose something that is special to you but find something equal as special in the process.

2012 Caldecott Award winning book published in 2011. A ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka is a beautiful wordless picture book about a dog and it‘s favorite ball. One day the dog loses the ball but finds something equally as special. Overall the beautiful watercolor illustrations and moving wordless story make this book the wonderful book that it is.

This RF book is told through very cute illustrations that follows a dog and his beloved ball. This book has a Caldecott award and and would be good for LC. http://abcsofreading.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-ball-for-daisy.html?m=1 is a site with a lesson plan as well as worksheets and other activities. #ucflae3414sp21

This RF, LC Caldecott award winning book would be a wonderful book to use in small groups in your classroom. The book does not include any text, so the story is told only through illustrations. This story follows a dog named Daisy and her favorite ball. The ball pops, and Daisy is sad. In the end, Daisy gets a new ball. #UCFLAE3414SP21

A great book for younger kids as they work on storytelling techniques.

This book is Caldecott award winner and rightfully so. Although it may not have any words, each picture beautifully paints the story.

An important book to talk about the idea of loss with younger children.

A ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka and is the winner of the 2012 Caldecott. This gorgeous watercolor illustrated book has no words but the emotions and story is beautifully conveyed. This is nice because children and the reader can create their own narration and talk about loss and sadness from losing something but then also talk about the joy of having something you really like.

I would use this in a fourth or fifth grade classroom. I would use it as a writing prompt for the children. I would assign them each a page and have them write the book together.

This is a Caldecott winning book with beautiful illustations. It is about a dog who got a ball then another dog popped it. So then his owner got him another ball.

There was no words in the book, so no quote

This particular award winning book does not include words. Through pictures, we can portray emotions, thoughts and even allow students to make up the story themselves.

This book is perfect for introducing emotions as a topic in the classroom! Daisy exemplifies all the emotions a child could relate to and feel!

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka, 2011. Caldecott Award Winning Book. This picture book is a wordless book that takes children on a journey of emotions that Daisy the dog experiences. The way Daisy feels towards her ball gives children the opportunity to connect to the story and think about what is important to them and how they would feel without it. The illustrations show Daisy‘s emotions well enough that words are not needed.

I would use this book in my classroom with pre-k and kindergarten students because it has no words, only illustrations. The illustrations are beautiful and this is a great picture book to introduce to young children. And Daisy is so cute!

There are no direct quotes because there is no words in this book, but I love the page where Daisy receives her new blue ball from the kids!

This is a Caldecott Award-Winning picture book. It is also all pictures and no words. But the story throughout the book is about a dog, Daisy, who LOVES her red ball. She takes it everywhere and is always playing with it. She even sleeps with it! And then one day, at the park, she accidentally loses it over the fence and another dog takes it and begins playing with it. Long story short, a group of kids gives her a new blue ball and she is happy!

Since there are no words. My favorite part was when the ball was squished and she‘s trying to get it back together.

This would be a great story for kindergarteners. This is a picture book that explains the story through pictures. Picture books are great for younger kids because they can look through the pictures and imagine what is happening throughout the story. This could help with student's storytelling skills.

This book won a Caldecott medal. It‘s a picture book which shows you the story not by telling. Kids love picture books. It‘s fun because everyone has a different story when there are no words. Highly recommend.

This book made me feel sad. It ended up having a happy ending which made me feel happy at the end but when Daisy lost her ball I felt upset.

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka, 2011. Picture Book. There were no words in this book but the Illustrations did such a great job that it did not need words. I was able to follow along the story and still felt emotions from just looking at the pictures.

This is a picture book that gives no words but yet tells a creative story through the idea of different shapes, sized, and lines illustrated throughout the book. You get a silly sense of the character and what Daisy likes to do with her ball all in a day.

This is a wordless book about a dog named Daisy and her favorite red ball and what she does with it. Kept me interested and was an enjoyable read just for fun!

I thought it was different how Raschka‘s line work on Daisy was squiggly, i liked that!

i noticed you don‘t see the daisy‘s owner‘s face very often

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka published in 2011 tells a cute story through pictures of a dog and it‘s owner.

You can tell here that Daisy looks sad/scared.

I love how you can read a story by only looking at illustrations with no words!

I loved how the illustrations have curvy lines and bright colors. It makes the book enjoyable to look at and comforting for children as well.