Children's Literature: Rhyme, Predictable & Wordless Books
Predictable Books
Predictable books encourage children to make guesses about the words, phrases, sentences, events or characters that might come next in a story (from Reading Resource Book by Mary Jett Simpson).
The Polk Library at the University of Wisconsin and the Clement C. Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State University have listings of additional predictable books.
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? byCall Number: PZ8.3.M418 Br 1992ISBN: 0805017445Publication Date: 1992-04-15
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie byCall Number: PZ7.N964 If 1985ISBN: 0060245867Publication Date: 2010-04-27
- The Old Woman and Her Pig byCall Number: PZ7.O453 Ri
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar byCall Number: PZ7.C21476 VeISBN: 0399208534Publication Date: 1981-10-15
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears byCall Number: PZ8.1.A213 Wh 1975ISBN: 0803760892Publication Date: 1975-01-01
Books with Rhyme and Rythm
These are just a few of the titles available in the Roberts Library. To find more rhyming books, search the GIL catalog using the subject heading: Stories in Rhyme.
- The Cat in the Hat byCall Number: PZ8.3.G276 Cat 1985ISBN: 0394900014Publication Date: 1966-06-12Join the Cat in the Hat as he makes learning to read a joy! It's a rainy day and Dick and Sally can't find anything to do . . . until the Cat in the Hat unexpectedly appears and turns their dreary afternoon into a fun-filled extravaganza!
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom byCall Number: PZ8.3.M418 Ch 2009ISBN: 9781416990918Publication Date: 2009-09-22Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault's rhythmic chant and Lois Ehlert's exuberant collage illustrations have made Chicka Chicka Boom Boom a read-aloud favorite for twenty years.
- A Giraffe and a Half byCall Number: PZ8.3.S5844 GiISBN: 0060256559Publication Date: 2014-02-18Filled with Shel Silverstein's iconic line drawings and wildly funny rhymes, this book will keep children laughing up to the very end.
- Is Your Mama a Llama? byCall Number: PZ8.3.G94 Is 1997bISBN: 0590259385Publication Date: 1997-08-01
Wordless Books
These are just a few of the titles available in the Roberts Library. To find more wordless books, search the GIL catalog using the subject heading: Stories without words.
The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides a listing of 50 wordless books.