Picture Book- question book...

"Can you have a picture book that is more questioning type in verse?"

Of course you can.
You can have a picture book about anything you like if it's presented in the right context.
I'm sure there are plenty that already exist (I can't think of any right this second though).

Dr. Suess kind of answered questions without really answering things at all. That was his genius. We didn't really know what a "whats-it" was but we just took it as fact because he was just so captivating. You could ask why the sky was blue if you did it in a compelling way. If you remember the poem book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" it was full of things that didn't really reach a conclusion . . . as poets we can breaks the rules more than someone might be able to who was writing in regular format. A poem is after all just a series of the poets thoughts that in turn makes the reader question the issue themselves. I say go for it.

Best of luck!

BrookieCookie777 said:

Dr. Suess kind of answered questions without really answering things at all.

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That's not entirely true.
Take a look at The Lorax or The Butter Battle Book.
These are books with clear messages (and solutions) about things like the environment and warfare.

True. True. He did have some that were clear. Actually, heard a really cool assesment of Horton Hears a Who and the line that says "A person, is a person, no matter how small . . ." has sparked some to believe that it was a pro-life statement. He was witty like that wasn't he? =)

I think Horton Hears A Who was written in response to the McCarthy witchhunts.
I personally feel it says a lot about religion and faith.
The idea that it has anything to do with any kind of pro-life statement is, I think, drawing a very long bow and is not very cool at all.

There was a book called The Gospel According to Seuss. I think we all draw our own conclusions to what something means.

Margaret Wise Brown wrote a lot of books that were sort of like what you're describing--simple language, explaining or describing simple things--

You could always post some of it in Share Your Work and get more feedback that way.