Books by Aaron Becker
“Aaron Becker is another author who publishes quite a lot of wordless picture books. His stories tend to be about journeys and going through slightly magical places. As she throws a normal stone into the water, there is a change of scene which takes us out into space and we see how a meteor evolves over time, though nature as well as humans, into the golden stone she finds in the ocean. … It is about the material objects that connect us to each other over space and time.” Read more...
The Best Wordless Picture Books
Evelyn Arizpe, Teacher
The Tree and the River
by Aaron Becker
🏆 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration and Shadowers’ Choice Award
A wordless picture book that traces the change over time of a landscape and the human impact on that landscape, viewed through the long life of a riverside oak tree.
Interviews where books by Aaron Becker were recommended
The Best Wordless Picture Books, recommended by Evelyn Arizpe
Wordless picture books give the reader the power to tell the story and are immersive and enjoyable at any age, argues Evelyn Arizpe, Professor of Children’s Literature at the University of Glasgow. Here, she shares five of her favourite wordless picture book recommendations, and gives readers tips on how to explore their layers of meaning.
