[Sara Posts: 345 Status: Offline WWW]

Can anyone suggest PBs in which the stories are mostly dialogue?

Thanks!

[mrh Posts: 4,687 Status: Offline www.marciahoehne.com WWW]

I may certainly be proved wrong, but my understanding is that PBs are not normally dialogue *heavy* because that is harder to illustrate. The emphasis is more on action and scene changes. I'm thinking a somewhat more dialogue-heavy story could maybe happen if done by an author/illustrator.

[Sara Posts: 345 Status: Offline WWW]

You are probably right, mrh. I read one the other day that seemed to be mostly dialogue: TEN THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU by Daniel Kirk; he was an author/illustrator. I'm looking for other examples, too.

[JulieM Posts: 838 Status: Offline WWW]

This one had me chuckling in the library. From memory, I think it was mostly dialogue. I'M BORED, by Michael Ian Black and Debbie Ridpath Ohi

[Mara Posts: 504 Status: Offline WWW]

THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH.

[jojocookie Posts: 340 Status: Offline WWW]

I had a note scribbled across by MS. It was rejected because too much dialogue.

[Mara Posts: 504 Status: Offline WWW]

Oh, and THE RUNAWAY BUNNY. Hate that book, but it's mostly dialogue!

[Stephanie Ruble Posts: 1,996 Status: Offline author/illustrator WWW]

DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS

[CarrieF Posts: 271 Status: Offline WWW]

The Elephant and Piggy books are all dialogue, but they're early readers, not PBs.

[Sara Posts: 345 Status: Offline WWW]

Thanks for all the suggestions, folks!

[Debbie Vilardi Posts: 6,525 Status: Offline Language is so cool! WWW]

Green Eggs and Ham is almost all dialog. There are more recent books too, but I can't think of one. Perhaps your children's librarian will have some ideas.

[Vijaya Posts: 8,615 Status: Offline LISTEN. Let all mortal flesh keep silence ... WWW]

A couple more that my kids asked for over and over:
Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathman.
A Perfect Father's Day by Eve Bunting.

I think the important thing is that the dialogue depicts action.
Vijaya

[Mike Jung]

Deborah Underwood's HERE COMES THE EASTER CAT is an interesting example of this in that all the dialogue is spoken by the narrator and directed at the main character, the eponymous Cat.

[DianaM Posts: 1,189 Status: Offline Writer, rhymer, runner, punner. WWW]

INTERRUPTING CHICKEN has a lot of dialogue. So funny.

(I feel like I've possibly seen a similar thread in the past few months? Maybe it's deja vu.)

[Robertvs Posts: 54 Status: Offline 1 <3 PB WWW]

I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klassen (which I love because I just can't get past the Bear's eyes. I find them so hilarious)

Like GREEN EGGS AND HAM by Dr Seuss, it doesn't even have speech tags.