Pre-Reading Skills

Why rhyming books?

By reading and sharing books with rhyming text, phonological sensitivity can be achieved. Rhyming is a fun and easy way for pre-readers to recognize that words are made of different sounds, and that these sounds can be similar to each other.

Bond,  Felicia.  Tumble Bumble.
Brown, Margaret Wise.  The Big Red Barn.
Cabrera, Jane.  Over in the Meadow.
Calmenson, Stephanie.  Engine, Engine Number Nine.
Fleming, Denise.  Barnyard Banter.
Fox, Mem.  The Magic Hat.
Fox, Mem.  Time for Bed.
Gay, Marie-Louise.  Rainy Day Magic.
Grossman, Bill.  Donna O'Neeshuck Was Chased by Some Cows.
Guarino, Deborah.  Is Your Mama a Llama?
Hindley, Judy.  Eyes, Nose, Fingers, Toes.
Kelley, Marty.  Fall Is Not Easy.
Kirk, David.  Miss Spider's New Car.
Martin, Bill.  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
Miranda, Anne.  Beep! Beep!
Peet, Bill.  The Caboose Who Got Loose.
Scott, Steve.  Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear.
Shaw, Nancy.  Sheep in a Jeep.
Siebert, Diane.  Train Song.
Sierra, Judy.  Counting Crocodiles.
Sloat, Teri.  There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout!
Spence, Robert.  Clickety Clack.
Van Laan, Nancy.  Little Baby Bobby.
Walton, Rick.  Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place.
Weeks, Sarah.  Mrs. McNosh Hangs up Her Wash.
West, Colin.  "I Don't Care!" Said the Bear.
Williams, Sue.  I Went Walking.
Wood, Audrey.  Silly Sally.
Yolen, Jane.  How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Yolen, Jane.  Off We Go!