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“Daisy loved her ball.”

this book teaches a great lesson of having important possessions in the heartache that can come with losing these possessions. This book teaches the importance of having hope and also being resilient and teaches how to move forward from heart events.

this story teaches the things of friendship, laws, and resilient through a dog named Daisy. Daisy has a beloved red ball and it becomes the center of her playtime and brings her a lot of joy. Something terrible happens to her ball and Daisy has to learn how to handle these emotions.

I would use this in my classroom if I had a student dealing with loss. They could connect with Daisy and the lack of words would help facilitate a good conversation with the student.

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka is a Caldecott winner. This book has no words and you follow the main character, Daisy the dog, chasing her ball across the pages. Daisy eventually loses the ball and becomes a great way to introduce the concept of loss to young children. The lack of words leaves the illustrations open to interpretations for young children.

“Daisy loves her red ball more than anything.”

I would use this book in a classroom to lead into a discussion about emotions and how they can change. This is also a good story for identifying emotions based on expressions or gestures.

Caldecott Medal Winner
Published 2022
This is a wordless book about a dog, Daisy, who has a red ball she loves, then loses it. She ends up getting a new blue ball. Daisy‘s changes in emotions throughout the story are depicted clearly in the illustrations. In the beginning, Daisy is happy and loves her red ball. When Daisy loses the ball, you can see that she feels mad, then sad. When she gets the blue ball, she‘s happy again.

“Daisy‘s ball was her favorite thing. It was her favorite ball.“This quote emphasizes Daisy‘s deep love for her ball, showing the significance of the toy in her life and setting the stage for the story's theme of loss and resilience.

The story explores themes of friendship, loss, and resilience through minimal text and expressive illustrations. This would be a good book to discuss friendship and loss with your students.

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka is a beautifully illustrated picture book that tells a simple yet powerful story about a dog named Daisy and her ball. The book focuses on Daisy's joy when she plays with her ball and her sadness when the ball is accidentally lost or damaged. This book was published in 2011 and won the Caldecott medal in 2012.

A wordless book.

This book could be used in the classroom, even though it‘swordless. Students love coming up with their own stories. So they‘re using the illustrations students can write their own words for what they are interpreting for what is happening. you could also use this book to study how illustrations can tell a story too.

Week 1: Caldecott Winner! This is a really great picture book with lots of details. Although wordless, this book could be used in many good ways. Published May 10, 2011.

I would use this in the classroom if a child is dealing with grief and loss.

A Ball for Daisy is a 2011 Caldecott book winner. This book has no words and solely tells a story through the illustrations. the movement in the pictures can bring feelings to any reader. This book typically is aimed more towards dog lovers and is about losing something special. This can lead into a conversation of expressing how someone feels when they lose something.

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.