Rhyming stories help your child identify the sounds of language. This skill becomes increasingly important as your child is learning how to read. Here are two ways to find stories in rhyme: - Subject search: Stories in rhyme
- Browse the bookshelves of books based on songs at ENF 782.42
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THE MORE WE GET TOGETHER The more we get together, together, together. The more we get together, the happier we'll be. For your friends are my friends, And my friends are your friends. The more we get together, the happier we'll be. THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD A song from Sesame Street Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood? In your neighborhood-- In your neighborhood. Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood? The people that you meet when your'e walking down the street, they're the people that you meet each day. Oh, a teacher is a person in your neighborhood... Other ideas: teacher, doctor, librarian, grocer, mechanic, garbage collector, gardener, police officer, firefighter, etc DIAL 9-1-1 (Tune: Three Blind Mice) Dial 9-1-1, dial 9-1-1 You’ll hear them say, help’s on the way! If you need help, you know what to do Call the police, and the firehouse, too! Dial 9-1-1, that’s what you do! Dial 9-1-1! HUSH LITTLE ROOSTER Hush little rooster with your cock-a-doodle-doo. Hush little kitten with your mew, mew, mew. Hush puppy down with your bow, wow, wow. Please don’t moo, moo, Mrs. Cow. Hush, hush, hush-- It's storytime now. I'M A FIRE FIGHTER (Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush) This is the way I pull on my boots, Pull on my boots, pull on my boots. This is the way I pull on my boots. I'm a fire fighter! This is the way I drive the fire truck…… This is the way I squirt the water…… This is the way I climb the ladder….. FIRE TRUCK Adapted by Julie Dietzel-Glair This is a little fire truck racing down the road. Now it’s going forward. Now it’s going back. Now the bell is ringing. Now the siren blows. What a lot of noise it makes Everywhere it goes.
GO SO SLOW Adapted by Julie Dietzel-Glair Police car, police car, go so slow Police car, police car, go so fast Police car, police car, step on the gas! Vroom! Fire truck, fire truck,
go so slow Fire truck, fire truck, go so fast Fire truck, fire truck, step on the gas! Vroom! THE WHEELS ON THE FIRE TRUCK Tune: The Wheels on the Bus The wheels on the truck go fast, fast, fast! Fast, fast, fast! Fast, fast fast! The wheels on the truck go fast, fast, fast. Firefighters save the day! Hooray! Additional ideas: The bell at the station goes ding, ding ding… The siren on the truck goes woo, woo, woo… The hose on the truck goes squirt, squirt, squirt… The dog on the truck goes woof, woof, woof… The ladder on the truck goes up and down… The firefighters help to put the fire out…
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Albert the Fix-it Man
by Janet Lord
E LOR A cheerful repairman fixes squeaky doors, leaky roofs, and crumbling fences for his neighbors, who return the kindness when he catches a terrible cold
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All through my town
by Jean Reidy
E REI Combines rhyming text with modern art that features hidden details in a story that takes readers on a tour around town to see friendly animal characters who travel in vehicles and engage in familiar everyday activities. By the author of Too Purpley.
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Library lion
by Michelle Knudsen
E KNU A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend
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Quinito's neighborhood
by Ina Cumpiano
E-SPA CUM Quinito describes the members of his family and some of the people in his neighborhood and what they do, from his mother the carpenter and his father the nurse to his teacher and his wife, the school crossing guard
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Say hello!
by Rachel Isadora
E ISA The Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Ben's Trumpet presents the tale of a girl who walks with her little dog throughout their diverse neighborhood to greet multicultural neighbors in a variety of languages.
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A good night walk
by Elisha Cooper
E COO While strolling to the bay at dusk, a parent and child take in all the wonderful sights and sounds around them, such as a squirrel at play and a postman making his deliveries, but when night falls and the moon appears, they notice that their little street has taken on an entirely different look and feel from just a short while before.
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Empty fridge
by Gatan Dorémus
E DOR Every resident in an apartment building has been too busy to buy groceries, and when dinnertime comes around, the neighbors come together with their meager pantry offerings to make a tasty communal dish
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The Midnight Library
by Kazuno Kohara
E KOH Vividly illustrated in contrasting nighttime colors, the story of a special late-night library follows the efforts of a little librarian and her three assistant owls to help everyone find the perfect book in the middle of the night only to have their peace and quiet disrupted by mischievous animals.
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Tap tap boom boom
by Elizabeth Bluemle
E BLU A tale that combines quirky wordplay and infectious rhymes recounts how the story's people of all stripes share unexpected community feelings after racing down into the subway beneath a city that endures the crackling rain and wind of a thunderstorm.
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Bulldog's big day
by Kate McMullan
E MCM While looking for a job, Bulldog tries being a firefighter, a window washer, a sign painter, and a bookseller before finding just the right job for himself. Includes recipe for oatmeal-carrot cookies
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Neighbors take care of each other
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Hungry? Let us help, because neighbors take care of one another. The Library is glad to join the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and the Texas Department of Agriculture to provide free lunches for children (ages 0 - 18) on Fridays, noon - 1 p.m through August 7. Please share this information with families who may be experiencing food shortages this summer. More information here
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