A Ball for Daisy
by Chris Rashcka
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Wordless
Themes: Things that mean a lot to us (e.g. a special toy, like Daisy's beloved ball), loss, renewed optimism
Primary Character: Daisy
Secondary Characters: Daisy's owner (implied), other dogs
Awards: Winner of the Caldecott Medal 2012
Published May 10, 2011 by Schwartz & Wade
The pictures in this book tell the story of a dog (named Daisy) and her favorite toy (a ball). She loves playing with it day after day, but one day it gets destroyed by a bigger dog. She is disappointed (naturally), but the book has a happy ending! Because it is wordless, I would use this book to do a picture walk with young students, encouraging them to use their verbal and communication skills. The ideal grade level for an activity and purpose such as this would probably be kindergarten (in a recent placement in a kindergarten class I noted that the teacher used a significant amount of instruction time on communicating, use of complete sentences when speaking and writing, etc.).
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