"Predictable books are those which, by virtue of the book's pattern, children can successfully anticipate the next word or next sentence. Their predictability encourages participation and engages children's minds. Often, these books make heavy use of rhyme or repetition." - Ready for Reading (Juvenile Parent/Teacher Resource Room - J 372.58 Bi)
Predictable Books
On her way to her grandfather's house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice has a series of mishaps with jungle animals who each substitute something new for what she is carrying.
A little girl's smile as she skips down the street in New York inspires a neighbor to send cookies to her grandson in Mexico, and the goodwill soon spreads around the world.
A cumulative, rhyming tale of a slamming door which wakes a cat, setting into motion an absurd chain of events and resulting in chaos.
One child. One swing. An obliging dad. The inevitable plea to go "Higher! Higher!" Add Leslie Patricelli's wildly expressive illustrations, and an everyday pastime reaches new heights of humor and whimsy. How high can it go? Higher than a giraffe? Taller than a mountain? Is Earth the final frontier? The creator of a popular series of board books rises to the occasion with an ingenious picture book of very few words that expresses the giddy glee of being pushed in a swing.
Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests.
One by one, animals in a snowy forest crawl into Nicki's lost white mitten to get warm until the bear sneezes, sending the animals flying up and out of the mitten.
A boy and his father lift one another's spirits by going sledding on a winter's night.
Traces the journey of a tear as it falls to the ground, evaporates, reappears as rain, and waters a garden to make an onion grow to produce more tears.
A stonecutter wants to be everything he is not and has to learn the hard way that what he really wants to be is exactly who he is.
Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.
When a doting father decides to make an apple pie for his beloved daughter, an enjoyable day is had by all, including the hungry farm animals who hover nearby in the hopes of getting a slice of the pie.
In cumulative verses and rebuses a young boy and his mother have different views on how to pack a bag for a trip to Grandma's.
Hattie, a big black hen, discovers a fox in the bushes, which creates varying reactions in the other barnyard animals.
Cumulative text and illustrations depict what happens in Jack's garden after he plants his seeds.
Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep.
Peter complains his house is too noisy so the wise man advises him to obtain some rather unusual house guests.
Two groups of animals tell each other about the food and other things that they put in their pockets.
A cozy winter bedtime story, featuring a boy and animal characters, that touches on the concept of hibernation
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.
An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.
A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep.
A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.
Various animals tell how they saw, fed, sang to, tickled, and kissed the new duckling.
During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors.
Chicken's cow visitors try to jump, dance, and wiggle on his couch, which is much too tiny for such exuberant activities.
The little red hen finds none of her lazy friends willing to help her plant, harvest, or grind wheat into flour, but all are eager to eat the cake she makes from it.
Readers learn about numbers and colors as a lively kitten visits the barnyard asking mother animals about their babies.
Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.
Three bears return from a walk and find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.
Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.
Describes how various animals walk, from the wiggle waggle of a duck to the boing, boing, boing of a kangaroo.