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Ashman, Linda
Rub-a-dub Sub
A young boy meets many friendly sea animals as he travels underwater in his bright orange submarine. Rhyming text has decriptive vocabulary.
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Baicker, Karen
Tumble Me Tumbily
Bouncy rhyming text presents the play, food, animal friends, and sleepy end of a toddler's day.
Appears on the following book lists:
 Letter Sounds - T
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Bee, William
And the Train Goes
As assorted passengers comment on their train ride, and the train itself goes Clickerty click, clickerty clack, the station parrot is carefully listening to every sound.
Appears on the following book lists:
Things That Go
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Bryan, Sean
A Boy and his Bunny
One morning, a boy wakes up with a rabbit on his head and, although his mother is skeptical, he soon discovers that he can be fed, ride a bobsled, and even look cool with a rabbit on his head.
Appears on the following book lists:
Silly Stories
Favorites for Preschoolers
Letter Sounds - D
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Calmenson, Stephanie
Jazzmatazz!
When a piano-playing mouse scurries into a house to get warm, watch out! In no time he has a whole family, then a whole town, making music. The words have their own jazz beat.
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Casanova, Mary
Utterly Otterly Day
After an active day out on his own, Little Otter realizes that he still needs his family - no matter how big he grows. The rhyming text echoes the motions of the story.
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Cox, Judy
Don't be Silly Mrs. Millie!
A teacher makes her students laugh when she mixes up words, saying goats instead of coats and poodles when she means puddles.
Appears on the following book lists:
Classroom Read Aloud - picture books
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Dewdney, Anna
Llama Llama Misses Mama
Young Llama experiences separation anxiety on his first day of nursery school until his mother thinks of a great solution.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 03-04
Favorites for Toddlers
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Ehlert, Lois
Oodles of Animals
Short, descriptive rhymes reveal what is unique about various animals, from ape to wolf. Great vocabulary!
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Fisher, Valorie
Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears and other Amazing Alphabet Anecdotes
Photographs show 26 scenes, one for each letter of the alphabet, described with great vocabulary and alliteration.
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Gravett, Emily
Orange Pear Apple Bear
Explores concepts of color, shape, and food using only five simple words, as a bear juggles and plays.
Appears on the following book lists:
First Easy Readers
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Heidbreder, Robert
Lickety-Split
The hero spins a rhyming, tongue-twisting tall tale for his friend. He ziggity-zags, clickity-clacks, skippity-skips and zippity-zooms from one adventure to the next. Will he defeat the Viking warrior? Tame the dragon? Knock one out of the park? Will she believe him if he does?
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Katz, Alan
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other Silly Dilly Songs
Well-known songs, including Oh Susannah and Row Row Row Your Boat, are presented with new words and titles, such as I'm So Carsick and Go Go Go to Bed.
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Lewis, Kevin
Dinosaur Dinosaur
A rhyming story about a busy day in the life of a young dinosaur.
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MacLennan, Cathy
Chicky Chicky Chook Chook
Chicks, kitties, and bees play in the morning and get sleepy in the afternoon heat. Stresses the rhythm of words mimicking animal sounds.
Appears on the following book lists:
Letter Sounds - K
Summer Stories
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Madsen, Gunnar
Old Mr. Mackle Hackle
Old Mr. Mackle Hackle is concerned when his hen will not cackle, so he takes her to a doctor and a fortune teller, and even tries telling her chicken jokes, but everything changes once her chicks are hatched.
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Mahy, Margaret
Bubble Trouble
In this rhyming, rhythmic tale, Mabel blows a bubble that captures Baby and wafts him away, resulting in a wild chase that involves the whole neighborhood.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 03-04
Letter Sounds - B
Librarian Favorites
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Murphy, Mary
The Alphabet Keeper
The Alphabet Keeper keeps all the letters caged in the dark, but one day they escape and use clever word play to outwit the keeper.
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O'Garden, Irene
Scrubbly-bubbly Car Wash
Using alliteration, this rhythmic, rhyming text describes what happens as a car goes through a car wash.
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Odanaka, Barbara
Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!
A young piglet watches from his apartment window as the garbage of the city is collected in this rhyming imitation of all the sights and sounds of the neighborhood on trash day.
Appears on the following book lists:
Letter Sounds - G
Things That Go
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