Rhyming and Singing

Recommended Reading List

 

This is a list of print/braille, audio, and large print books available for you to check out that help support the Rhyming and Singing skill from the That All Children May Read early literacy curriculum. The books are all stories in rhyme.

 

To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, mail or phone. You may also request these titles online through WolfPAC. Identification numbers for print/braille books begin with BR and large print books begin with LP. All audiobooks with the prefix DBC are linked to the Braille and Audio Reading Download site (BARD) for downloading.

 

Babies (Birth through One)

 

Down by the Barn by Will Hillenbrand

LP002787

Adapts a familiar children's song with a barnyard theme and pairs verses with illustrations of a puppy tractor driver who picks up his farm animal friends early in the morning. Building Block Award nominee, 2015. 2014.

 

Hey, Diddle, Diddle by Geo Ham

BR051758

The familiar nursery rhyme. A tactile board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2006.

 

Shake the Maracas! by Billy Davis

BR050990

A board book with maracas as part of the cover presents words from the familiar song, "Row, Row, Row Your Boat." Maracas attached to book. A tactile board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2000.

 

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

BR018039

LP002046

Babies born in different countries and in different circumstances have in common ten little fingers and ten little toes. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2008.

 

This Little Piggy by Teresa Imperato

BR051629

Count down from ten to one as each squishy little piggy goes on its own fairy tale adventure. A board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2003.

 

What the Baby Hears by Laura Godwin

LP001324

Rhyming text reveals the loving sounds baby animals hear from their parents, from the "nuzzle, nuzzle, nuzzle" heard by the colt to "I love you heard by a human baby. 2002.

 

Toddlers (Two through Three)

 

Gobs of Gum by Suzette Wright

BR050258

A rhyming story about "big blobs, small gobs, and sticky icky strings of bubblegum." On the Way to Literacy. A tactile book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 1991.

 

Humpty Dumpty by Kin Eagle

BR053695 (UNCONTRACTED)

The traditional rhyme is expanded to describe some of Humpty Dumpty's other mishaps. A board book. Uncontracted braille. PRINT/BRAILLE. 1999.

 

Little Bee by Edward Gibbs

BR052088 (UNCONTRACTED)

Simple rhyming text follows a bee through the jungle as a series of creatures, including a hungry frog, a mongoose, and a lion, flee from what frightens them. A board book. Uncontracted braille. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2012.

 

Silly Squiggles by Suzette Wright

BR050261

A wormlike creature stretches, squeezes, and squirms into various shapes in this rhyming story. On the Way to Literacy series. A tactile book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 1991.

 

Preschool (Four through Six)

  

The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight by Elli Woollard 

BR022675 

A case of mistaken identity allows a young dragon and knight to become friends, but the two sworn enemies must decide what to do when they discover the truth. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2016. 

  

Humpty Dumpty and Other Touching Rhymes by Shirley Keller and Irma Goldberg 

BR050771 

A collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. A tactile book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2000. 

  

If You're Groovy and You Know It, Hug a Friend! by Eric Litwin 

BR022679 

Set to the rhythm of the classic children's song, canine Groovy Joe invites everyone to laugh, sing, explore, and--best of all!--hug a friend. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2018. 

  

If You're Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre 

DBC05430 

LP002313 

Rhyming text reminiscent of the traditional song, "If you're happy and you know it," presents various animals that are hoppy, sloppy, growly, flappy, or slimy, scaly and mean. Building Block Picture Book Award nominee, 2012. 2011. 

        

Little Missouri by Judy Young 

BR052229 

DBC01460

LP002510

Fun rhyming riddles about the state of Missouri. Has a riddle on one page, and the answer on the next. Braille added by Wolfner volunteers. A board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2012. 

  

Still a Gorilla! by Kim Norman 

BR060116

Willy the Gorilla imitates the other animals at the zoo, but despite pretending he remains always a gorilla. Braille added by Calvary Lutheran High School students. Building Block Picture Book award nominee, 2017. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2016.