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Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

10 best books like Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young (Jack Prelutsky): Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems, Planting the Wild Garden, Winter Poems, Morris's Disappearing Bag, Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping, Ounce Dice Trice, The Tub People, Imagine a Day, Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed... and Revealed, Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat

Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems
AuthorMary Michaels White
Updated and illustrated for use by families from the teacher's collection "Poems Children Will Sit Still For."
A broad enough selection that most readers will find something to love. I admire the editors for trying to avoid the commonplace but instead going back to the source to find each poet's...
Planting the Wild Garden
AuthorKathryn O. Galbraith
ISBN1561455636
Eloquent text and stunning illustrations combine to explore the many ways seeds are distributed.
A farmer and her son carefully plant seeds in their garden. In the wild garden, many seeds are planted too, but not by farmers' hands. Different kinds of animals transport seeds, often without knowing...
Winter Poems
AuthorBarbara Rogasky
I bought this for a friend who, in the midst of the We Need Diverse Books fundraising campaign in Nov/Dec 2014, complained about the lack of brown children in the picture books she was collecting for her adopted Ethioipan son. I also bought a copy for myself because Trina Schart Hyman is my favorite illustrator...
Morris's Disappearing Bag
AuthorRosemary Wells
ISBN0142300047
Bestselling author Rosemary Wells tells a heartfelt holiday story The Chicago Tribune calls "One of the best."

It's Christmas day and Morris is missing. He was there to open his present--a teddy bear--and to watch his older sisters and brother open their gifts. His siblings went off to play...
Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping
AuthorJulie Markes
ISBN0060537906
Does the farmer sleep on a mattress of hay? Is the baker's bed made of soft, doughy bread? And is the grocer most comfortable resting on a bed of lettuce? No matter what the bed or walls look like, when the day's activities are done, it's time for everyone, big or small, to go to sleep.

With whimsy...
Ounce Dice Trice
AuthorAlastair Reid
ISBN1590173201
What can words be, or rather, what can’t they be? Poet Alastair Reid introduces children and adults to the wondrous waywardness of words in Ounce Dice Trice, a delicious confection and a wildly unexpected exploration of sound and sense and nonsense that is like nothing else. Reid offers light words...
The Tub People
AuthorPam Conrad
ISBN0064433064
The Tub People is a story of six little people that live in the bathtub, along with their dog. They play in the water and like to rescue each other and at night they line up on the edge of the bathtub. One night when the bath water began rushing down the drain before the tub people could get to the edge the tub child...
Imagine a Day
AuthorSarah L. Thomson
ISBN0689852193
Imagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect day. Imagine...
Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed... and Revealed
AuthorDavid M. Schwartz
ISBN1582462070
Ten creatures await, camouflaged in artful, full-page photographs, while playful poems offer clues about each animal's identity and whereabouts. Think you've spotted one? Lift one of ten gatefolds to find out. A full page of fascinating information accompanies each animal so readers can learn...
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat
AuthorNikki Giovanni
ISBN1402210485
Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Poetry can have both a rhyme and a rhythm. Sometimes it is obvious; sometimes it is hidden. But either way, make no mistake, poetry is as vibrant and exciting as it gets. And when you find yourself clapping your hands or tapping your feet,...
The Silver Pony
AuthorLynd Ward
ISBN0395643775
A wordless children's graphic novel and/or picture book about a farm boy who sees a silver flying horse. Is it real? Well, he tells his Dad, who punishes him for lying. But we know differently. We have actually seen the horse, who carries the boy all across the country, giving him the opportunity to help...
Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart
AuthorMary Ann Hoberman
When you learn a poem by heart, it becomes a part of you. You know it in your mind, in your mouth, in your ears, in your whole body. And best of all, you know it forever.
From the creators of the bestselling You Read to Me, I'll Read to You series comes this new collection of poems especially suitable for...
This Little Chick
AuthorJohn Lawrence
ISBN0763617164
Who says a little chick can’t make big, loud animal noises?

Most little chicks barely make a peep, but not this little chick! While his brothers and sisters nestle close to their mother hen, this little chick struts off on his own to make some new friends in the farmyard. And he has a wonderful...
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0763631418
This exuberant celebration of poetry is an essential book for every young one’s library and a gorgeous gift to be both shared and treasured.

Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers, from Margaret Wise Brown to Gertrude Stein, Langston...
Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue
AuthorJon Agee
ISBN1423103157
Have you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Of course-everyone has!It can be sometimes frustrating, but it's always funny! For example, you know New York's unique, but did you know that unique New York's also pretty chic? And if you switched your wristwatch...
Willoughby & The Lion
AuthorGreg E. Foley
ISBN0061547506
This is the story of Willoughby, whose new house feels too small and very lonely.

It's also the story of an enchanted lion and spectacular wishes come true: of roller coasters, and fast, fast shoes, and enormous crowds of people.

But most of all, it's the story of one important question:...
My Very First Mother Goose
AuthorIona Opie
ISBN1564026205
To a small child, words are magical. And the most magical of all are the beloved, venerable words of Mother Goose. Now folklorist Iona Opie has gathered more than sixty treasured rhymes in their most perfect, honest form. From "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and "Pat-a-Cake" to "Little Jack Horner" and "Pussycat,...
¡Pio Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes
AuthorAlma Flor Ada
ISBN0688160190
This groundbreaking bilingual collection of traditional rhymes celebrates childhood and Latin American heritage—a perfect book for those learning Spanish and fluent speakers alike!

Passed down from generation to generation, the twenty-nine rhymes included have been lovingly...
Counting Crocodiles
AuthorJudy Sierra
ISBN0152163565
This is a delightful and humorous children’s picture book that would engage children and adults alike. I was so drawn to the text and counting the crocodiles that I did not even notice some of the illustrations where the fox and the monkey were stealing bananas until the very end—I had to go back and...
The Neighborhood Mother Goose
AuthorNina Crews
ISBN0060515732
Every day, children the world over sing, shout, and celebrate Mother Goose rhymes. And now there's a new reason to cheer: Nina Crews has added her own remarkable, jazzy style of illustration to a collection of forty-one favorite verses. Whether it's Jack jumping over a candlestick (atop a cupcake),...
The Bones of Fred McFee
AuthorEve Bunting
ISBN0152054235
Told in rhythmic rhyme, this spooky Halloween tale relates how the young-boy narrator and his sister bring home a plastic skeleton and hang it in their sycamore tree, as a holiday decoration. They soon begin to notice, however, that the bones of Fred McFee (as the skeleton is soon named) have an odd effect...
Peter Spier's Rain
AuthorPeter Spier
ISBN0440413478
This wordless picture book captures the beauty and wonder of a brother and sister's joyous experiences in the rain. Come along as they explore their neighborhood, splash through puddles, see where the animals hide, and make footprints in the mud. From the first small drops of rain to the clear blue sky...
Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
AuthorSalley Mavor
ISBN0618737405
This hand-picked collection of classic nursery rhymes, all delicately and painstakingly illustrated by Salley Mavor, who is reknown for her incredibly detailed fabric and cloth scenes. It took Mavor ten years to develop her own fabric relief technique to a level where she felt comfortable even considering...
Deep in the Forest
AuthorBrinton Turkle
ISBN0140547452
By switching the roles of the bears and the people in Goldilocks, Turkle has created a more realistic tale. The bear can act like a bear instead of living like a human. And the family of three (including a young Goldilocks) finds someone has been making mischief in their little log cabin while they were...
Fuzzy Fuzzy Fuzzy!: a touch, skritch, & tickle book
AuthorSandra Boynton
ISBN0689863632
I was expecting a traditionally sized board book when I ordered this. It is quite large - maybe 8" by 8". The pages are very simple. There is no story. Each page has one area that has a cool texture. One of my favorite texture books for my baby. He loves it. The last page has two eggs that are cracked - they are...
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