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Patterned or predictable books, as their name suggests, make use of rhyme, repetition of words, phrases, sentences and refrains, and such patterns as cumulative structure, repeated scenes, familiar cultural sequences, interlocking structure and turn-around plots. These stories invite children to make predictions or guesses about words, phrases, sentences, events and characters that could come next in the story.
For additional information, see the section on "Predictable Books" in Charlotte Huck, et al., Children's Literature in the Elementary School (1997), 174-180.
Listed alphabetically by author.
Author/Title Call Number (Aliki) Hush Little Baby j784.4 H955 (Barton, Byron) Buzz, Buzz, Buzz jFic B2851 (Baskin, Leonard) Hosies Alphabet jFic B292 (Baum, Arline & Joseph)One Bright Monday... jFic B3189o (Baylor, Byrd) Everybody Needs a Rock jFic B344e (Brook, Leslie) Johnny Crow's Garden jFic B79j (Brown, Margaret W.) Goodnight Moon jFic B814g A Child's Goodnight Book jFic B814c The Important Book jFic B814I The Runaway Bunny jFic B814r Where Have You Been? jFic B814wh Wait Till the Moon is Full jFic B814w (Brown, Ruth) A Dark, Dark Tale j Fic B815d (Cameron, Polly) I Can't Said the Ant jFic C146I (Carle, Eric) Do You Want to be my Friend? j Fic C192d The Grouchy Ladybug jFic C192g Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What… jFic M362p The Very Busy Spider jFic C192ve The Very Hungry Caterpillar jFic C192v The Very Quiet Cricket jFic C192ver (Cooke, Donald) The House that Jack Built jFic H816h (deRegniers, Beatrice) May I Bring a Friend? jFic D444m So Many Cats jFic D444so (Domanska, Janina) If All the Seas Were… j398.8 D71I (Emberley, Barbara) Drummer Hoff j Fic Em13d One Wild River to Cross jFic Et74p (Flack, Marjorie) Ask Mr. Bear jFic F594as (Galdone, Paul) The Little Red Hen jFic G131l (Hale, S.J.) Mary Had a Little Lamb j811.2 H135m (Hill, Eric) Where's Spot? jFic H551w (Hoffman, Hilde) The Green Grass Grows All… jFic G82g (Hutchins, Pat) Good Night Owl jFic H97g Rosie's Walk jFic H97r (Joose, Barbara) Mama, Do You Love Me? jFic J741m (Joslin, Sesyle) What Do You Say, Dear? jFic J788w (Katz, Bobbi) Nothing But a Dog jFic K159 (Krauss, Ruth) A Hole is to Dig jFic K868ho (Langstaff, John) Frog Went a Courtin' jFic F922 (Lexau, Joan) Crocodile & Hen jFic L591c (Lobel, Anita) King Rooster, Queen Hen j398.2 L783k (Martin, Bill) Brown Bear, Brown Bear… jFic M362b What Do You Do With a Kangaroo jFic M452w (O'Neill, Mary) Hailstones and Halibut Bones j811.54 On 2h (Petersham, Maud&Miska) The Rooster Crows… j398.8 P442r (Rosen, Michael) We're Going on a Bear Hunt jFic R722w (Scheer, Julian) Rain Makes Applesauce jFic Sch22r (Sendak, Maurice) Chicken Soup with Rice jFic Se55c Where the Wild Things Are jFic Se55w (Seuling, Barbara) The Teeny Tiny Woman j398.22 Se81 (Seuss, Dr.) Dr. Seuss's ABC jFic G277dr (Shulevitz, Uri) One Monday Morning jFic Sh92o (Spier, Peter) The Fox Went Out on a Chilly… jFic Sp43f (Tafuri, Nancy) Have You Seen my Duckling? jFic T125h (Vaughn, Marcia) Wombat Stew jFic V465w (Viorst, Judith) If I Were in Charge of the… j811.54 V814I (Wildsmith, Brian) The 12 Days of Christmas j783.6 T917b (Wolff, Ashley) A Year of Birds j598 W832y (Wood, Audrey) King Bidgood's in the Bathtub jFic W845k (Zemach, Harve) The Judge j811.5 Z4j