Alliterative Read Alouds
I love alliteration! It’s probably a weird statement, but it’s true. As a children’s librarian I would often try to name programs with alliterations because I thought the name sounded catchy! Children’s books are full of alliterations as well, probably for the same reason. And for the fact that it makes for great early literacy practice of learning letter sounds.
Alliterations also work as tongue twisters like in, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” so if you want to spend a silly time with your little ones, pull out some of these alliterative tongue twisters (an alliteration on it’s own) to play with!
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Alliterative Read Alouds
If You Were Alliteration by Trisha Speed Shaskan, illustrated by Sara Jean Gray
If you were alliteration, you would be the same sound at the beginning of two or more words. You could be FANTISTIC FAMILY FUN FOR the FRANK FAMILY or COMPLETE COMIC CHAOS for the CASTER CLAN. What else could you do if you were alliteration?
B Is for Baby by Atinuke
B is for Baby. And B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba!
One morning after breakfast, Baby’s big brother is getting ready to take the basket of bananas all the way to Baba’s bungalow in the next village. He’ll have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds, and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge. But what he doesn’t realize is that his very cute, very curious baby sibling has stowed away on his bicycle! Little ones learning about language will love sounding out the words in this playful, vibrantly illustrated story set in West Africa.
Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illustrated by Henry Cole
A carefree cabbage caterpillar named Clara, who becomes a common cream-colored butterfly, can′t possibly compete with a catty, conceited caterpillar named Catisha, who becomes a captivating crimson-colored butterfly. Or can she?
The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Susan Stevens Crummel, illustrated by Janet Stevens
Deep, deep down in their underground town, the prairie dogs live in harmony–until a mysterious, fluorescent, very fuzzy thing (otherwise known as a tennis ball) rolls down their hole. When the prairie dogs discover that they can pluck and pull the fuzz into fabulous fashions, their fear quickly turns to curiosity, then delight, then pure greed. Will the frenzy that erupts tear apart the prairie-dog town forever. Or will the kidnapping of mean ol’ Big Bark trigger the prairie dogs to come to his rescue and remember the true meaning of community?
A Little Book of Alliterations by Felix Arthur, illustrated by Jenny Capon
Poetic vampire bats, speaking sea urchins, piano playing penguins, champion carrot-crunching cockroaches… All is not as it seems!
Lloyd Llama by Sarah Jones
Lloyd Llama loves many things: lollipops, spelling, cello, and the color yellow—anything with a double L, really! Will he ever learn to get along with his new classmate Al Alpaca, who has an affinity for all things beginning with the letter A, like apples, art, and air guitar? The two characters settle their differences with the help of their favorite letters in this alliterative adventure.
The Quiet Forest by Charlotte Offsay, illustrated by Abi Cushman
A mischievous mouse wanders alone in a quiet, nothing-to-do forest. Until one small mishap snowballs into a chain of outrageous events, causing the whole forest full of animals to have a very loud day indeed. Can they find a way to bring calm and quiet back to their home?
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
“Silly Sally went to town, walking backward and upside down!” Come along and join Silly Sally and her funny friends as they parade into town in a most unusual way.
Summer Supper by Rubin Pfeffer, illustrated by Mike Austin
From sowing seeds in spring to savoring succotash, follow the creation of a family meal from the farm to the picnic table on a warm summer evening. Told entirely in words beginning with the letter “s,” this book will give children an appreciation for the process by which their food travels to the dinner table.
