Predictable Books
This is a work in progress to be put in an easily accessable on-line database in addition to the following list - with lessons and student examples. All comments to robert@eggplant.org are appreciated. Thank you. Key to Code: C/C = Collective/Cumulative CHR = Chronological FAM = Familiar/Cultural INT = Interlocking Sequence REP = Repetitive Sequence R/R = Rhythm-Rhyme
	Predictable Books Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, Dial Press, 1981. C/C, INT Adams, Pam. This Old Man, Grossett and Dunlap, 1974. R/R, CHR Alexander, Sue. Marc the Magnificient, Pantheon, 1978. REP Aliki, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Macmillan, 1974. REP, R/R Aliki, Hush Little Baby, Prentice-Hall, R/R, INT Aliki, My Five Senses, Crowell, 1962. INT Anderson, Leone Castell. The Wonderful Shrinking Shirt, Albert Whitman, 1983. CHR, INT Aruego, Jose & Arian. A Crocodile's Tale, Scribner's, 1972. REP, INT Asch, Frank. Gia and the Hundred Dollars Worth of Bubblegum, McGraw, 1974. CHR Asch,, Frank. Mac Gooses' Grocery, Scholastic, 1978. FAM AUTHOR UNKNOWN, Old Mac Donald Had a Farm, Scholastic, 1969. REP, CUM Barchas, Sarah E. I Was Walking Down the Road, Scholastic, 1975. REP Barton, Byron. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Penguin, 1979. INT Bate, Lucy. Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth, Crown, 1975. FAM Becker, John, Seven Little Rabbits, Scholastic, 1973. C/C, REP, R/R Berenstain, Stanley & Janice. The Bear Scouts, Beginner Books, 1967. R/R,REP Berenstain, Stanley & Janice. Bears on Wheels, Random, 1969. R/R, REP Berenstain, Stanley & Janice. Old Hat, New Hat, Random, 1970. R/R, REP Blair, Susan. The Three Billy-Goats Gruff, Scholastic, 1963. REP Enid. Dogs Don't Belonp on Beds, Doubleday, c1971. REP, FAM Bonne, Rose &, Mills, Alan. I Know an Old Lady, Rand McNally, 1961. C/C, REP, INT Bornstein, Ruth. Little Gorilla, Houghton Mifflin, 1976. REP Boynton, Sandra. If At First, Little, Brown, 1980. REP Brand, Oscar, I First Came to Tl,.is Land, Putnam, 1974. R/R, C/C Brandenber, Franz.I Once Knew t Man, Macmillan, 1970. C/C Brandenberg, Franz. No School Today, Scholastic, 1978. REP, FAM Bridwell, Norman. Clifford Takes a Trip, Scholastic, 1966. CHR Bridwell, Norman. Clifford the Big Red Dog, Scholastic, 1963. FAM Bridwell, Norman. Clifford's Tricks, Scholastic, 1971. CHR Brown, Marcia. The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Harcourt Brace, 1957. INT Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon, Harper, 1947. C/C, R/R Brown, Margaret Wise. Home for a Bunny, Golden Press, 1956. REP Brown Margaret Wise. The Important Book, Harper, 19,49 REP Brown, Margaret Wise. Runaway Bunny, 1942. INT Burton, Virginia. The Little House, Houghton Mifflin, 1942, 1978. CHR Cameron, Polly. "I Can't" said the Ant, Scholastic, 196.1. R/R Carey, Bonnie. Grasshopper to the Rescue, Morrow, 1979. INT Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, World Pub., 1969. CHR Chance, E. B.. Just in Time for the King's Birthday, Scholastic, 1970 REP Charlip, Remy. Fortunately, Parent's Magazine Press, 1964. INT Chas, Sarah E.. I Was Walking Down the Road, Scholastic, 1975. REP Clarke, Mollie. Congo Boy, Scholastic, 1965. INT Cleveland,, David. The April Rabbits, Scholastic, 1978. CHR Cohen, Miriam. Will I Have a Friend, Young Reader's Press, 1967. INT de Paola, Tomie. Charlie Needs a Cloak, Scholastic, 1976, Prentice Hall, 1982. CHR de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Catch a Little'Fox, Seabury Press, 1970. R/R de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. How Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse Got Together, Parents' Magazine Press, 1965. FAM de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. May I Bring a Friend?, Atheneum, 1972. REP de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. What Can You Do With a Shoe?, Harper, 1955. R/R de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Willy O'Dwyer Jumped in the Fire, Atheneum, 1968. R/R, INT Degen, Bruce. Jamberry, Harper, 1983. R/R Delton, Judy. The Goose Who Wrote a Book, Carolrhoda Pub., 1982. INT Domanska, Janina. If All the Sea.s Were One Sea, Macmillan, 197l, REP Duff, Maggie. Rum Pun Pum, Macmillan, 1973. C/C Emberley, Barbara. Drwiuner Hoff, Prentice-Hall, Young Reader's, 1967. C/C, R/R Emberley, Barba'ra & Ed. Simon's Song, Prentice-flail, 1969. R/R Emberly, Ed. Klippity Klop, Little, Brown, 1974. CHR Ets, Marie Hall. Elephant in a Well, Viking Press, 1972. INT Ets, Marie Hall. Play With Me, Viking Press, 1955. REP Flack, Marjorie. Ask Mr. Bear, Macmillan,-(Collier), 1932. REP Francoise, Jeanne-Marie Counts Her Sheep, Scribner, 1951. CHR Gag, Wanda. The ABC Bunny, Coward, 1933. R/R, CHR Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats, Coward, 1928. C/C Galdone, Paul. Henny Penny, Scholastic, 1968, Young Reader's, 1969. C/C Galdone, Paul. The Little Red Hen, Scholastic, 1973, Young Reader's, 1972. INT Galdone, Paul. The Three Bears, Scholastic, 1972. INT Galdone, Paul. The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Seabury Press, 1973. INT, REP Galdone, Paul. The Three Little Pigs, Seabury Press, 1970. INT, REP Gelman, Rita. Why Can't I Fly?, Scholastic, 1977. REP, R/R Gelman,, Rita Golden. More Spaghetti, I Say!, Scholastic, 1977. R/R Getz, Susanna. Ten Teddy Bears Granowsky, Alvin. Dee and the Bee/Jake and the Snake, D.C. Heath, 1973. R/R Haley, Gail E A StorV A Story, Atheneum, 1970. CHR Heide, Florence P., Van Clief, Sylvia W. That's What Friends Are For, Scholastic., 1968. CUM, REP Hillert,, Margaret.What Am I?, Follett, 1981. INT, FAM Hillman, Priscilla. A Merry-Mouse Book of Months, Doubleday, 1980. FAM Hoban, Russell. A Bargin for Francis, Scholastic, 1970. FAM Hoban, Russell. Bedtime for Francis, Scholas tic~ 1960. R/R, REP Hoban, Russell. Birthday for Francis, Scholastic, 1968. FAM Hoberman, Mary Ann. A House is a House For Me, Viking, 1978. R/R, REP Hogrogian Nonny. One Fine Day, Macmillan, 1971. INT Houston. A Mouse in the House. Hutchins, Pat. Clocks and More Clocks, Macmillan 1970. INT Hutchins, Pat. Rosie's Walk, Macmillan, 1968. CHR Hutchins Pat. The Surprise Party, Young Reader's Press. 1969. FAM Hutchns, Pat. Titch, Collier, 1971. FAM, REP Hutchins, Pat. One Hunter. Jeffrey, Sara. Who Lives Here?, Dandelion Press, 1976. REP Joslin, Sesyle. What Do You Say, Dear?,.Scholastic, 1958. FAM Keats, Ezra Jack. The Little Drummer Boy, Macmillan, 1968. R/R Keats, Ezra Jack. Over in the Meadow, Scholastic, 1971. CHR, FAM Kent, Jack. The Twelve Days of Christmas, Parents,1973. REP Kenworthy, Catherine. Best Friends, Golden Press, 1983. FAM Kessler, Ethel-Leonard. Do Baby Bears Sit on Chairs?, Young Reader's Press, 1961 R/R Kessler, Leonard. Ghosts and Crows and Things with O's, Scholastic, 1977. REP, R/R Klein, Lenore. Brave Daniel, Scholastic, 1958. FAM Knight, Hilary. The Twelve Days of Christmas, Macmillan, 1981. C/C, REP Knoche, Norma &, Jones, Mary Voell. What Do Mothers Do?, Whitman, 1966. FAM Krasilovsky, Phyllis. The Cow Who Fell in the Canal, Doubleday, 1972. CHR Kraus, Robert. Whose Mouse Are You?, Scholastic, 1970. REP Krauss, Ruth. Carrot Seed, Harper, 1945. FAM, CHR Kuskin, Karla. Just Like Everyone Else, Harper, 1959. REP Kwitz,, Mary De Ball. Little Chick's Story, Scholastic, 1978. FAM, REP Langstaff, John. Frog Went A-Courting, Harcourt-Brace, 1955, 1972. R/R, REP Langstaff, John. Gather My Gold Together: Four Songs for,Four Seasons, Doubleday, 1971. C/C Langstaff, Joha. Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go, Atheneum, 1974 REP Langstaff, John. Over in the Meadow, Harcourt-Brace, 1957. FAM Le Sieg, Theo.. The Eye Book, Random, 1968. INT Lexau, Joan. It All Began With A Drip, Drip, Drip. McCall Pub., 1970. REP Lexau, Joan. That's Good, That's Bad, Dial Press, 1963. REP Littledale, Freya. Th Magic Fish, Scholastic; c1967. CHR Littledale, Freya. The Magic Tablecloth, Scholastic, 1971. INT Lobel, Anita. King Rooster, Queen Hen, Greenwillow, 1975. REP, C/C Lobel, Arnold. On Market Street, Lobel, Arnold. A Treeful of Pigs, Greenwillow, 1979. REP Low, Joseph. There Was a Wise Crow, Scholastic, 1969. R/R MacDonald, Golden. Red Light, Green Light, Doubleday, 1944. C/C Mack, Stan. 10 Bears in My Bed, Pantheon, 1974. REP Martin, Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Holt, 1970. REP, C/C Martin, Bill. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, R/R, C/C Martin, Bill. Fire! Fire! Said Mrs. McGuire, Holt, 1970. R/R Martin, Bill Jr.. Monday, Monday, I I Like Monday, Holt, 1970. REP, CHR Mathews, Geda Bradley. What Was That?, Golden Press, 1977. REP, INT Mayer, Mercer. If I Had, Dial Press, 1963. REP Mayer, Mercer. Just for You, Coition Press, 1975. FAM, R/R Mayer, Mercer. What Do You Do With a Kangaroo?, Scholastic, 1973. REP McClintock, Mike A Fly Went By, Random, 1958. R/R, C/C McGovern, Ann. Stone Soup, Scholastic, 1968. REP McGovern, Ann. Too Much Noise, Scholastic 1967. C/C Mosel, Arlene. The Funny Little Woman, Dutton, 1972 INT Nelson, JoAnne, There's A Dragon in My Wagon, Nodset, Joan. Go Away Dog, Harper Row, 1963. REP Nodset, Joan. Who Took the Farmer's Hat?, Scholastic, 1970, Harper Row, 1963. CHR Pape, Donna Luggg. Jack Jump Under the Candlestick, Albert Whitman, 1982. REP Peppe, Rodney. The House That Jack Built, Delacorte, 1970. C/C Perkins, Al. The Ear Book, Random House, 1968. R/R Perkins, Al. Hand, Hand, Finger , Thumb, Random, 1969. R/R Perkins, Al. The Nose Book, Random House 1970. R/R Piper, Watty (retold by). The Little Engine That Could, Scholastic, 1960. REP, INT Quackenbush, Robert. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, Lippincott, 1973. REP Quackenbush, Robert. Skip to My Lou, Lippincott 1975. REP Robison, Deborah. Anthony's Hat, Scholastic, 1977. REP Rose, Anne. Akimba and the Magic Cow, Scholastic, 1976. INT Sarton, May. A Walk Through the Woods, Harper & Row, 1976. FAM Scheer, Jullian &, Bileck, Marvin. Rain Makes Applesauce, Holiday House, 1964. REP Scheer, Jullian &, Bileck, Marvin. Upside Down P2y, Holiday House, 1968. R/R Sendak, Maurice. Chicken Soup With Rice, Scholastic, 1962. REP, R/R Sendak, Maurice. One Was Johnny, Harper & Row, 1962. R/R Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat, Beginner Books, 1957. R/R Seuss, Dr. The 500 flats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Scholastic, 1938. C/C Seuss, Dr. Hop on Pop, Beginner, 1963. C/C Seuss, Dr. Mister Brown Can Moo! Can You?, Random, 1970. R/R Sharmat,, Mitchell. Gorilla's House, Scholastic, 1982. FAM Shaw, Charles B It Looked Like Spilt Milk, Harper, 1947. REP ShuleviLz, Uri. One Monday Morning, Scribner's, 1967. FAM Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale, Scholastic, 1940. REP Spler, Peter. The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, Doubleday, 1961. REP, R/R Stone, Jon. The Monster at the End of This Book, Western Pub., 1977. REP Thomas, Patricia. "Stand Back," said the Elephant, I'm Going To Sneeze!", Lothrop, 1971. CHR Tison, Annette &, Taylor, Talus. Barbapappa's Newhouse, Scholastic, 1979. FAM, INT Tobias, Tobi. The Dawdiewalk, Carolrhoda.Books, 1983. REP Tolstoy, Alexei. The Great EL& Enormous Turnip, Franklin Watts, 1968. C/C Udry, Janice May. What Mary Jo Shared, Whitman, 1966. FAM, REP Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible . . ., Atheneum, 1972. REP Viorst, Judith. My Mama Says . . ., Atheneum, 1973. REP Viorst, Judith. The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Atheneum, 1971. REP Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over, Houghton Mifflin, 1972. FAM Waber, Bernard. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Houghton Mifflin, 1965. FAM Watson, Clyde. Father Fox's PenayLtyDes, Scholastic, 1975. R/R Weir,, La Vada. Howdy, Steck-Vauglai, 1972. FAM, REP Westerberg, Christioe. The CaD That Mother Made, Prentice Hall, 1977. INT Wildsmith, Brian, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Franklin Watts, 1972. C/C, REP Wilson,, Lorraine. And the Teacher Smiled, Cy~press, 1980. REP Zaid, Barry. Chicken Little, Random House, 1973. REP Zelsney, Jean. Do Pigs Sit in Trees?, Follett, 1981. FAM Zemach, Harve. The JudSe, Straus, 1969. R/R, REP Zemach, Harve. Nail Soup, Follett, 1964. C/C Zemach, Margot. Hush, Little Baby, E.P. Dutton, l976. INT Zemach, Margot. The Teeny Tiny Woman, Scholastic, 1965. REP, CHR Zemach,, Margot. It Could Always Be Worse, Scholastic, 1976. C/C Zolotow, Charlotte. Do You Know WH I'll Do?, Harper, 1958. REP Zolotow, Charlotte, The Quarreling, Hale (H & R), 1966. FAM, CHR Zolotow, Charlotte. Some Things Go Together, Abelard-Schuman, 1969. R/R
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