Best Rhyming Books

1. Hush! A Thai Lullabye by Mingfong Ho
illustrated by Holly Meade
 

Ages 4 and up
1995

1997 Caldecott 입상작이다. 아이를 낮잠 재우는 엄마가 주변에서 소리를 내는 동물들에게 "Hush!"하는 이야기다.  

Hush! Who's that beeping the pond?
"Ghap-ghap! Ghap-ghap!"
A glossy white duck.
White duck, white duck,
don't come beeping.
Can't you see that
Baby's sleepng?
White duck, white duck,
don't you cry?,
My baby's sleeping
right nearby.


2. This Little Chick by John Lawrence

                           
Ages 2 and up
The New York Times Best Seller 수상작


This little chick from over the way
went to play with the pigs one day.
and what do you think
they heard him say?


3. Nutshell Library by  Maurice Sendak

Ages 3 and up
1962

Box set은 4권으로 되어 있다.

1. the alphabet (Alligators All Around)
2. good behavior (Pierre)
3. counting (One Was Johnny) 
4. the months of the year (Chicken Soup with Rice).

K - keeping kangaroos
L - looking like lions
M - making macaroni
N - never napping

(from Alligators All Around)


4. Some Dogs Do by Jez Alborough

Ages 3 and up
2003

All dogs walk and jump and run, but dogs don't fly — it can't be done. "But I did," said Sid. "I did."


5. Oh Beyond Zebra! by Dr. Seuss

Ages 6 and up
1955

Z 다음에 오는 알파벳을 소개한다. 아이들의 상상력이 풍부해지는 책이다.

I said, "You can stop, if you want, with the Z because most people stop with the Z. But not me! I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends. My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!"

6. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Llyod Moss

Ages 4 and up
1995

간단한 음악 교육과 더불어 오케스트라의 악기를 소개한다.

FLUTE, that sends our soul a-shiver;
FLUTE, that slender, silver sliver.
A place among the set it picks
To make a young SEXTET — that's SIX.


7. Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino, 1989

 
Ages 3 and up
1989

"Is your mama a llama?" I asked my friend Dave.
"No she is not," is the answer Dave gave.
"She hangs by her feet and she lives in a cave.
I do not believe that's how llamas behave."
"Oh," I said, "You are right about that.
I think your mama sounds more like a..."

8. Baby Beluga by Raffi

Ages 3 and up
1990
Board Book

Baby beluga in the deep blue sea.
Swim so wild and swim so free.
Heaven above and the sea below
and a little white whale on the go.

9. The Charles Addams Mother Goose Charles Addams

 
Ages 4 and up
1967

한 때 비싼 수집가치가 있던 책이 재판된 책이다.

10. Frederick by Leo Lionni

Ages 4 and up
1967

논란이 많은 책이나 아이들의 상상력을 돕는 책이기도 하다. 라임은 끝에만 나온다.

... And as Frederick spoke of the sun
the four little mice
began to feel warmer.
Was it Frederick's voice?
Was it magic? ...