Repetitive Childrens Books for Early Learning
Repetitive Childrens Books have loads of benefits – from promoting language to kick starting early reading.
These repetitive books are also terrific support tools for Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) working with kids who have Apraxia of Speech.
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Benefits of Books that Use Repetitive Text
Using books that contain predictable word patterns and simple sentence structure with familiar storylines are perfect for helping children learn how to read. – Hameray Publishing
When books are predictable, babies can listen for patterns, making it easier for them to listen and learn. Instead of just listening to you read, they can anticipate what comes next and participate in the story. – Hearing First
Repetitive Childrens Books
Exuberantly colored artwork and favorite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colors.
Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric's colorful collage animals and simple repetitive language.
Other repetitive titles in this series include:
For more than thirty years readers have been swishy swashing and splash sploshing through this award-winning favorite.
Will you come too? Join a father and his four young children as they cross a field of tall, wavy grass, wade through a deep, cold river, struggle through swampy mud, find their way through a big, dark forest, fight through a whirling snowstorm, and enter finally enter a narrow, gloomy cave. What will they find there? You’ll have to read on to find out!
In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.
In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room—to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one—the little bunny says goodnight.
With its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is perfect for beginning readers and story time. Sure to inspire giggles and requests to "read it again!"
Other favorites in this series include:
There is always enough room on your child’s bookshelf for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children’s favorite for over thirty years!
In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no—Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!
Humorous and inviting, this story encourages young kids to read along—and make predictions.
In the napping house is a cozy bed piled high with a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and a slumbering mouse. What could be more comfy?
All is at peace until a wakeful flea crawls into the mix. One beastly bite from him and the entire pyramid of sleepers might topple. Is he getting ready to nibble?
Little Red Hen is a time-tested cautionary tale about how we reap what we sow. When the hen asks a cat, dog, and mouse for help planting some wheat, she gets no takers: "‘Not I!’ said the cat. ‘Not I!’ said the dog. ‘Not I!’ said the mouse." They won’t water, cut, or grind the wheat or help bake a cake with it, either. So guess who eats the cake by herself in the end?
This whimsical first concept book, featuring a delightful read-aloud text that showcases animals, colors, and clothes, is sure to elicit giggles from little ones as they happily chime in on every spread with an OOPS.
With bright, bold artwork, a catchy refrain, and a whole host of furry friends, Dear Zoo is a must-have for every child’s bookshelf.
Young readers will love lifting the flaps to discover the animals the zoo has sent as potential pets—a monkey, a lion, and even an elephant! But will they ever find the perfect fit for the family?
The story of a train filled with toys and gifts for little boys and girls that breaks down before reaching the children. After asking several passing trains for help over the hill, a little blue train agrees to help the stranded toys.
Even though she is small, the blue train tries her best to bring the toys to the children on the other side of the hill.
Little ones will love giggling along with those naughty monkeys!
Their teeth are brushed, their pajamas are on, and as soon as they say good night to Mama, the five little monkeys start to jump on their bed!
A baby bird goes in search of his mother in this hilarious Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss. When a mother bird's egg starts to jump, she hurries off to make sure she has something for her little one to eat.
But as soon as she's gone, out pops the baby bird. He immediately sets off to find his mother, but not knowing what she looks like makes it a challenge. The little hatchling is determined to find his mother, even after meeting a kitten, a hen, a dog, and a Snort.
Riddle rhymes and six lovable baby animals help Lloyd the llama discover just what kind of animal his mama really is.
Children will delight in following the peddler’s efforts to outwit the monkeys and will ask to read it again and again. Caps for Sale is an excellent easy-to-read book that includes repetition, patterns, and colors, perfect for early readers.
Big type, repetition, lively art, and the visual guessing game created by introducing each animal only partially at first, make this board book the perfect addition to every young reader's library.
This simple, funny read-aloud follows a boy’s exciting stroll through the countryside. The boy sees a black cat, then a brown horse, then a red cow, and so on, and before he knows it, he’s being trailed by the entire menagerie!
This raucous story about animals and the sounds they make, including three pigs who say “LA LA LA!” is a read-aloud favorite.
A quiet final spread begs the little ones and their caregivers to OINK!, SNORT!, QUACK!, and MEOW! in a noisy animal ending.
Joyously colored animals, riding on a train to the zoo, offer youngsters a first introduction to numbers, number sets, addition and counting.
But no matter what color his shoes are, Pete keeps movin' and groovin' and singing his song because it's all good.
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes asks the reader questions about the colors of different foods and objects—kids love to interact with the story.
What happens after a shopper goes “to market, to market, to buy a fat pig”? Back home the pig promptly escapes, and soon the pig’s in the kitchen, the lamb’s on the bed, the cow’s on the couch — and the rest of the animals are wreaking havoc throughout the house!
This silly picture book will spark giggles whether read at circle time or at home.
Dance a jig with a silly pig. Play leapfrog with a silly dog. And that's just the beginning of all the fun!
Young readers will delight in this Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! which celebrates the imagination and encourages young readers to think about thinking!
Uh-oh. Mrs. Wishy-Washy is at it again. Rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they aren't standing for it. Duck, Cow, and Pig are leaving mean old Mrs. Wishy-Washy for good!
With its playful rhythm, rhyme, and repetition, this is a perfect read-aloud.
Within this favorite, funny folk song illustrated with bright, irresistible pictures, kills will enjoy pointing to all the animals the old lady swallows--beginning with a fly, and continuing to include a spider, bird, cat, dog, goat, and cow--before she finally goes too far and swallows a horse. Now, she's full of course!
Here is a lively, funny tale, perfect for reading aloud.
Here they come, a flock of rollicking sheep in their sturdy red jeep. Will their outing be a success? Jeep goes splash! Jeep goes thud! Jeep goes deep in gooey mud!
Other great titles from author Nancy Shaw include:
David is a beloved character, whose unabashed good humor, mischievous smile, and laughter-inducing antics underline the love parents have for their children--even when they misbehave.
The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, an ice-cream cone, or just spilt milk? In this childhood classic, kids are kept guessing until the surprise ending, and they're encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.
Jump, Frog, Jump has been a winning story-time favorite long enough for it to have teacher and parent fans who first enjoyed it in their own preschool classroom.
This infectious cumulative tale will have the young frogs you know jumping and chanting with joy.