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JoCoLibrary - 6 by 6 - Take Time to Rhyme

Favorite books with rhymes to help children hear the smaller sounds in words.

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  • This new book features a wide variety of trucks getting very dirty. But then they all help each other get cleaned up! Help your child wonder why they are all getting cleaned up. Along the way, Point out the fold font and the signs in the…
    BookToronto, ON : Owlkids Books, 2022 — EP Hughes Susan 11/2022
  • Using delightful rhyme, this is a simple telling of a penguin’s life. The book could be used as a tool for calming down or you could ask questions of your little one about the cold and the babies, etc. Enjoy the sweet time together!
    BookNew York, NY : Abrams Appleseed, 2021. — EP Kunkel Angela 11/2021
  • Start with the heart-warming (literally) end papers! Introduce your child to some new words such as Bruise, valley, and rambling.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2022. — EP Wood Douglas 11/2022
  • Compare the two-page spreads to those pages that have their own unique illustration. Talk about the thinks your child sees (curtains, a loaf of bread, a few red blocks).Don’t get so engrossed in the smooth rhyme that you miss the wonderful…
    BookBrooklyn : Red Comet Press, 2022. — EP Wells Rosemary 09/2022
  • This book was made for one-on-one lap sit reading. The text is emotional as it rhymes about love (and how it’s unconditional). Don’t miss the opportunity to share all the things you love about your child, creating a story of your own.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2016. — EP Dodd Emma 12/2016
  • This hilarious book will encourage readers to help Chester Van Chime to match up sounds. If you're not hollering out the rhyming words with each of his attempts to rhyme, it's because you are laughing too hard to say anything.
    BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [2022] — E FIC Monsen Avery 03/2022
  • Each time you turn a page there will be one word highlighted so be sure to point this out to your child and pause for emphasis while reading. With the cadence of the verses, your little one might be able to finish the rhyming words.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Wonderland, 2023. — E FIC Walstead Alice 03/2023
  • This rhyming book’s illustrations are complete with charming animal characters. Look for Letters Everywhere (on each page) as you go through the alphabet, the text shares moments of love between a mother and child.
    Board BookNew York : Rodale Kids, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023] — EI Hegarty Patricia 03/2023
  • This cumulative tale has both a great rhyme and narrative structure, paired with adorable illustrations of hairy bears and a mama bird who uses their hair to make a nest for her chirpy baby birds. As you no doubt are asked to read it again…
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023. — E FICTION Norman Kim 03/2023
  • Blinker, Blinker Little Car has rhyming text set to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” so have fun and sing this one. There are also some words that may not be familiar to kids. Talk, Talk, Talk about what words like; veering,…
    Board BookNew York, NY : Little Bee Books, [2023] — EI Katz Susan 04/2023
  • This simple book of mostly rhyming words is equal parts silly and stupendous! Your child will giggle and Have Fun, Telling the Story while Talk Talk Talking about all sort of new words like Sorbet, buffet, and parfait. After you read it…
    BookNew York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, 2022. — EP Rothman Scott 08/2022
  • A colorful rendition of an old favorite, these dinos stomp, stomp, stomp and pop, pop, pop. Point out the repetitive words and be ready to yawn, yawn, yawn All the Way Home!
    BookNew York : Ladybird, 2022. — EP Millett Peter
  • Look and Listen

    Who's in the Garden, Meadow, Brook?

    White, Dianne
    “Who’s that buzzing? Listen. See. A fuzzy, yellow busy…” Can your child spot and finish the answer before you turn the page? There is a lot to talk about in this book that might create an extra spark the next time you take a walk outdoors.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, 2022. — EP White Dianne 08/2022
  • What is going on? Why do the ostriches run when they see the lion? But one of the ostriches thinks it is fun to run away! Simple pictures and great rhyme but the opportunities for discussion are the best!
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2022] — EP McGrath Barbara 10/2022
  • Understanding and recognizing words that rhyme help an early reader to decode words. In addition, this book has full page illustrations with bright colors. There is so much to discover and talk about!
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2022] — E FICTION Docherty Helen 09/2022
  • Look at the beautiful illustrations and talk about what you see. In this book there might be some new words to learn like; dash, scurry, and scamper- exactly what you’d do in a game of Hide and Squeak.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2011. — E FIC Frederic Heather
  • Baby’s Opposites rhyming text (and vivid illustrations) guide you through the baby’s busy day at the park, ice cream stand, dinner, bath time, bedtime book, and falling asleep. In each event, the baby encounters opposites.
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2021] — EP Day Nancy 09/2021