Patterned Language Books for Reading Aloud: A Selected Bibliography
Folktales or Modern Variants
Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee, by Paul Galdone
The Gingerbread Boy, by Paul Galdone
Henny-Penny, by Jane Wattenberg
The House That Jack Built, by Simms Taback
Nathaniel Willy, Scared Silly, by Judith Mathews and Fay Robinson, illustrated by Alexi
Natchev
The Old Woman and Her Pig, by Rosanne Litzinger
The Teeny-Tiny Woman: A Ghost Story, by Paul Galdone
Too Much Noise, by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Simms Taback
Too Much Talk: A West African Folktale, by Angela Shelf Medearis, illustrated by Stefano
Vitale
The Turnip: An Old Russian Folktale, by Pierr Morgan
Picture Books
Ask Mr. Bear, by Marjorie Flack
Aunt Lucy Went to Buy a Cat, by Alice Low, illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith
Bed Hogs, by Kelly DiPucchio and Howard Fine
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle
Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months, by Maurice Sendak
Clickety Clack, by Rob and Amy Spence, illustrated by Margaret Spengler
Dance Away, by George Shannon, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
A Dark, Dark Tale: A Story and Pictures, by Ruth Brown
Dawdle Duckling, by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by Margaret Spengler
Farmyard Beat, by Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown
Fortunately, by Remy Charlip
Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd
Goodnight, Owl! by Pat Hutchins
Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss
The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
A House Is a House for Me, by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Betty Fraser
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Patterned Language Books for Reading Aloud: A Selected Bibliography
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond
If You’ll Be My Valentine, by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka
It Looked like Spilt Milk, by Charles G. Shaw
Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan, illustrated by Byron Barton
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub, by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams, illustrated by Megan
Lloyd
Lizard’s Song, by George Shannon, illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, by Denise Fleming
The Napping House, by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood
The Parrot Tico Tango, by Anna Witte
Play with Me, by Marie Hall Ets
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle
The Seed and the Giant Saguaro, by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Mike Rangner
Sheep in a Jeep, by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple
Someone Bigger, by Jonathan Emmett, illustrated by Adrian Reynolds
Snip Snap! What’s That? by Mara Bergman, illustrated by Nick Maland
That’s Good, That’s Bad, by Margery Cuyler, illustrated by David Catrow
There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea, by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve Gray
This Little Chick, by John Lawrence
Tough Boris, by Mem Fox, illustrated by Kathryn Brown
Trashy Town, by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino
The Very Busy Spider, by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
Songs and Piggyback Songs
Dem Bones, by Bob Barner
Do Your Ears Hang Low? by Caroline Jayne Church
The Farmer in the Dell, by Ilse Plume
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, by Eileen Christelow
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Patterned Language Books for Reading Aloud: A Selected Bibliography
Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, by Wendy Watson
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, by Kadir Nelson
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, by Will Hillenbrand
Old MacDonald Had a Farm, by Lorinda Bryan Cauley
She’ll Be Comin’ ’Round the Mountain, by Philemon Sturges, illustrated by Ashley Wolff
Sunrise, Sunset, by Sheldon Harnick, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, by Simms Taback
The Wheels on the Bus, by Paul O. Zelinsky
The Wheels on the Race Car, by Alex Zane, illustrated by James Warhola
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