Khing, T.T. (2004). Where Is the Cake? Illustrated by T.T. Khing. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Brief Annotation: The story depicts a large landscape in which there are several different storylines taking place. A cake is stolen from one family, a hat gets taken, a soccer balls gets lost, a boy chases his balloon and ends up astray from his family. You get to watch the story unfold, until the little boy with the balloon falls off a cliff and everyone’s attention turns to saving him. All of the characters join in the end to celebrate the day together.
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction/Wordless Picturebook
Grade Level: PreK- Grade 4
Readers who will like this: Readers with a vivid imagination who enjoy making up stories will be lost in this book. There are many intricacies within the illustrations which is why even a 4th grader would have interest in following the story being displayed.
Response/Rating (1-4): For a wordless book, I would rate it a 4. There is a lot going on within the story to grasp the attention of any reader.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Do you think a book needs to have words in order to tell a story?
Isn't it interesting to see how much pictures can tell a story without relying on words at all? The cover of this book would entice any kid to give it a try. And books in the wordless genre are excellent prompts for writing, not to mention supporting the oral language development of second language learners.
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