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Rhyme Time

It's rhyme time! Books with nursery rhymes and rhyming patterns help children practice patterns, recognizing rhythms, and develop a love of language! Here are some of our favourite books with rhyming language to read together.

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  • At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs. Also available as a readalong book.
    Book, 2019Solon, OH : Findaway, 2019 — PIC READALONG Dew
  • A book about the misadventures of a group of sheep that go riding in a jeep. Also available as a CD Book.
    Book, 1986Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1986. — PIC Sha
  • 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!
    Book, 1989New York, N.Y. : Simon, 1989 — PIC Mar
  • A witch finds room on her broom for all the animals that ask for a ride, and they repay her kindness by rescuing her from a dragon. Also available in CD book format.
    Book, 2001New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2001] — PIC Don
  • When Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len return to the farm hoping to steal the fat red hen, the little spotty ladybug enlists the other animals to stop them. Also available in CD book format.
    Book, 2018New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — PIC Don
  • The Rhyming Rabbit loves to make up entertaining poems, inspired by everything he sees, but the other rabbits don't appreciate his talent for rhyme. Sad and lonely, the Rhyming Rabbit sets off one starry night all on his own will he ever find…
    Audiobook CD, 2018London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2018. — EASY CDBK FIC Don
  • Brian loves bananas. Trouble is, Brian's a piranha. And his friends aren't happy about his fondness for fruit. No, they're not happy at all
    Book, 2015Lindfield, N.S.W. : Scholastic Australia, 2015. — PIC Bla
  • As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger.
    Book, 2008New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008 — PIC Tho
  • Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy" with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters.
    Book, Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd c1989. — PIC Ahl
  • A thief wreaks havoc by switching things out for rhyming counterparts, until he's stumped by an unrhymable word
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2018] — PIC Bur