Some Rhyming Picture Books for Kids

Reading various age-appropriate books and learning to rhyme is an important step in the language acquisition process. Small children love reading books that have rhyming words. If you are parents to toddlers and want them to develop their literacy skills from the very beginning, you can read rhyming picture books with your kids. You can introduce these books to the infants as well. They will look at the bright colorful picture and will try to make connections in their own way.

Here Preschool Torrance CA librarians have shared names of some great rhyming picture books that you can buy or borrow and start reading with your little learners.

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney: This is a very popular rhyming picture book. With this book, Anna Dewdney’s interesting rhyming text and expressive illustrations are available to preschoolers. As you read this book with your kids, they will be able to relate to Baby Llama's need for comfort and as parents, you will love reading Mama Llama’s reassuring message.

 

Edward the Emy by Sheena Knowles: This is another masterpiece written for young readers. The author’s cheerful, rhyming text and Rod Clement’s expressive artworks are sure to make kids having a fun time with this book. According to Torrance, CA playschool teachers, this picture book is an excellent option to read in the classroom or at home as both adults and kids will laugh at and empathize with Edward the Emu.

The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen: This is another popular option amongst kids because of its rhyming text and bright colorful cartoonish illustrations of underwater life. They enjoy reading the repetition of the verses in this tale of a pout pout fish.

 

Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas: There are three dust bunnies in this story, Ed, Ned, and Ted, and rhyme all the time. But there is a fourth bunny, Bob, who does not seem to get this. Kids take pleasure in reading this book because of its big font text and the fluorescent colors. Moreover, on the bright colored pages, the dust creatures look like huge monsters that they assume they are.

 

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson: This is a perfect read-aloud book for the kids in Daycare centers. Julia Donaldson’s renowned rhyming text and Axel Scheffler’s splendid, inspiring illustrations come together in this masterpiece to take children to the world of animals.

Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown: Kids enjoy reading Margaret Wise Brown’s simple, rhythmic text about the cycle of a day on a farm. Through this book, kids explore how an animal family peacefully plays, sleeps, and stays together. This is a perfect bedtime story for kids as the story engages children and helps them settle down for sleep. The sturdy pages and the size of the ook make it a perfect pick for toddlers.

 

You can buy or borrow these books from the library and start reading with your kids. These are some of the masterpieces that will help your kids develop their phonological awareness as well as their literacy skills.