A great number of books use rhyming words or refrains to wonderful effect. Here are just a few.
| Author | Title |
Baranski, Joan Sullivan |
Round Is a Pancake (2-3 years) |
| Bogart, JoEllen | Gifts (3-5 years) |
| Carlstrom, Nancy White | Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? (2-3 years) |
| Cauley, Lorinda Bryan | Treasure Hunt (2-3 years) |
| Churchill, Vicki | Sometime I Like to Curl Up in a Ball (2-3 years) |
| Cusimano, Maryann K. | You Are My I Love You (2-3 years) |
| Dodds, Dayle Ann | Where’s Pup? (2-3 years) |
| Doyle, Charlotte | Supermarket! (2-3 years) |
| Dr. Seuss | Fox in Socks (Beginning Readers) |
| Florian, Douglas |
A Pig is Big (2-3 years) |
| Florian, Douglas | A Winter Day (1-2 years) |
| Fox, Mem | Time for Bed (2-3 years) |
| Gelman, Rita Golden | Hello, Cat, You Need a Hat (Beginning Readers) |
| George, Kristine O’Connel | Book! (1-2 years) |
| Gilman, Phoebe | Jillian Jiggs to the Rescue (3-5 years) |
| Guarino, Deborah | Is Your Mama a Llama? (2-3 years) |
| Hennessy, B.G. | Jake Baked the Cake (2-3 years) |
| Hutchins, Pat | Don’t Forget the Bacon (3-5 years) |
| Johns, Linda | I Can Bowl! (Beginning Readers) |
| Kirk, Daniel |
Hush, Little Alien (2-3 years) |
| Martin, Bill Jr. | Here Are My Hands (2-3 years) |
| Nakamura, Katherine Rile | Song of Night (2-3 years) |
| Oppenheim, Joanne | Have You Seen Birds? (3-5 years) |
| Pomerantz, Charlotte | Flap Your Wings and Try (2-3 years) |
| Ryan, Pam Munoz |
Mud Is Cake (3-5 years) |
| Shannon, Terry Miller | Tub Toys (3-5 years) |
| Van Laan, Nancy | A Tree For Me (2-3 years) |
| Wellington, Monica | Night House Bright House (3-5 years) |
| Yaccarino, Dan | An Octopus Followed Me Home (3-5 years) |
| Yee, Wong Herbert | Eek! There’s a Mouse in the House (2-3 years) |