Selected Books Containing Language Play
Anbolt, C., & Anbolt, L. (1992). All about you. New York: Puffin. Also available in
Braille and as an audio recording.
Brett, J. [1989]. (1998). The mitten. New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young
Readers. Also available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio recording. Big
Book and VHS
Brown, M. T. (Ed.). [1985]. (1993). Hand Rhymes. New York: Puffin Books. Also available as an audio recording.
Brown, M. T. (Ed.). [1980]. (1996). Finger Rhymes. New York: Puffin Books.
Brown, M. W. [1947]. (2003). Goodnight moon. New York: HarperCollins
Children's Book Group. Also available in Braille, French, Hebrew, Hmong,
Japanese, Korean, Sign Language, Spanish, Swedish, and as a audio recording. VHS and Big Book
Brown, M. W. [1961]. (1994). Four fur feet. New York: Hyperion Books for
Children.
Buller, J., & Schade, S. [1988]. (1998). I love you, good night. New York: Aladdin
Paperbacks.
Burningham, J. (1986). John Burningham’s opposites. New York: Crown.
Cameron, P. [1961]. (1989). "I can’t,” said the ant." New York: Scholastic. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Carle, E. [1971]. (2002). Do you want to be my friend? Lexington, KY: Book
Wholesalers. Also available in Braille, French, German, and Japanese.
Carle, E. [1977]. (2001). The grouchy ladybug. Bethany MO: Fitzgerald Books.
Also available in Braille, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Big
Book
Carle, E. [1984]. (2000). The very busy spider. New York: Philomel. Also available in Braille, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, and as an audio recording.
Carter, D. [1990]. (2000). More bugs in boxes. London: Orchard. Also available in
French and Spanish. Computer software
Cooney, N. E., & Hafier, M. (1993). Chatterbox Jamie. New York: Putnam.
Deming, A. G., & Wellington, M. [1988]. (1994). Who is tapping at my window?
New York: Penguin. de Regniers, B., Moore, E., White, M., & Carr, J. (1988). Sing a song of popcorn.
New York: Scholastic. de Regniers, B., & Turkle, B. [1968]. (1970). Catch a little fox.
New York: Seabury
Press.
Ehlert, L. (1989). Eating the alphabet: Fruits & vegetables from A to Z . San
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Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace. Big Book
Emberley, B., & Emberley, E. [1966]. (1992). One wide river to cross. Boston:
Little, Brown.
Galdone, P. [1968]. (1971). Henny Penny. New York: Clarion. Also available in
Japanese and as an audio recording.
Galdone, P. [1972]. (2002). The three bears. Lexington, KY: Book Wholesalers.
Also available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio recording.
Galdone, P. [1973]. (1995). The little red hen. New York: Scholastic. Also available in Braille, Spanish, and as an audio recording. VHS
Galdone, P. [1975]. (2001). The gingerbread boy . New York: Clarion Books. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording. VHS
Gordon, J. R., & O'Brien, J. [1991]. (1993). Six sleepy sheep. New York: Puffin
Books.
Guarino, D., & Kellogg, S. [1989]. (2002). Is your mama a llama? Lexington, KY:
Book Wholesalers. Also available in Braille, Sign Language, Spanish, and as an audio recording. Big Book and VHS
Gundersheimer, K. [1982]. (1987). Happy winter. New York: Harper Trophy.
Hague, K., & Hague, M. [1984]. (1999). Alphabears: An ABC book. New York:
Henry Holt. Also available as an audio recording.
Jonas, A. (1986). Where can it be? New York: Greenwillow Books.
Kraus, R., & Aruego, J. [1971]. (1998). Leo the late bloomer. New York: Windmill
Books. Also available in Afrikaans, Braille, Chinese, French, Japanese,
Spanish, and as an audio recording. VHS
Lewison, W. C, & Wilhelm, H.. (1992). “ Buzz” said the bee . New York: Scholastic.
Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Martin, B., Jr., & Carle, E. [1967]. (1996). Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? New York: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. Also available in
Braille, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and as an audio recording. Big Book
Martin, B., Jr., & Carle, E. [1991]. (1997). Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? New York: Henry Holt. Also available in Braille, German, and Spanish.
Big Book
Obligado, L. (1983). Faint frogs feeling feverish: And other terrifically tantalizing tongue twisters. New York: Viking.
Otto, C., & Hurd, T. [1991]. (1993). Dinosaur chase. New York: HarperTrophy.
Pomerantz, C., & Tafuri, N. [1982] (1993). If I had a paka: Poems in eleven languages. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Provenson, A., & Provenson, M. (1977). Old Mother Hubbard. New York:
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Random House.
Raffi, & Westcott, N. B. [1987]. (1999). Down by the bay. New York: Crown. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Raffi, & Duke, K. (1993). Tingalayo. New York: Crown. Also available as an audio recroding.
Sendak, M. [1962]. (1991). Alligators all around: An alphabet. New York:
HarperCollins. Also available as an audio recording. VHS and DVD
Seuss, Dr. [1963]. (2003). Dr. Seuss’s ABC. London: Collins. Also available as an audio recording. Computer software and VHS
Seuss, Dr. [1965]. (2004). Fox in socks. London: Collins. Also available in Braille,
Chinese, Dutch, Hebrew, and as an audio recording. DVD and VHS
Shaw, N., & Apple, M. [1989]. (2002). Sheep on a ship. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Also available in Braille.
Staines, B., & Zemach, M. [1989]. (1993). All God’s critters got a place in the choir. New York: Puffin Unicorn Books. Also available as an audio recording.
VHS
Tolhurst, M., & Abel, S. [1991]. (1994). Somebody and the three Blairs. New York:
Orchard Books. Also available as an audio recording.
Winthrop, E., & Joyce, W. (1996). Shoes. New York: HarperCollins. Also available in Braille and as an audio recording.
Yashima, T. [1958]. Umbrella. Madison, WI: Turtleback Books. Also available as an audio recording. VHS
Yolen, J., & Dyer, J. [1987]. (1997). The three bears rhyme book. SanDiego, CA:
Harcourt Trade. Also available in Braille and Spanish.
Zemach, M. [1976]. (1987). Hush, little baby. New York: Dutton. Also available as an audio recording.
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