Books like The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
By Shirley Neitzel
For the kid who groans through every zipper and mitten before going outside, this book turns that whole ordeal into a rhyme worth repeating. Cumulative, rhythmic, cozy and a little silly.
A mischievous family cat dodges bath time by scrambling Dad's chore list, so the family ends up mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, and mopping the baby instead of doing what they meant to.
A toddler leads a cheerful parade of friends on a walk to the end of a seaside pier, picking up buzzing bees, bicycle bells and a whole beachful of noisy company along the way.
A little girl gives a pig a pancake, and one request leads to another — syrup, then a bubble bath — spinning into a chain of demands that circles right back to where it started.
Five little monkeys jump on the bed after saying goodnight to Mama — and one by one, they fall off, bump their heads, and get a call to the doctor.
A paint-happy kid gets banned from painting after covering everything from ceiling to floor, then finds a wildly funny way to keep creating anyway — using every color on hand.
A little red chicken just can't sit still through bedtime stories, jumping into Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to save the characters herself, much to her patient papa's dismay.
Three animals model colorful hats, shirts, and pants with calm confidence, while a fumbling turkey gets dressed all wrong, turning every page into a game of spotting the mistake.
A sound-making wonder named Mr. Brown moos like a cow, hoos like an owl, buzzes like a bee, and even chews gum like a grum-grumming hippo, daring readers to make every noise right along with him.
The numbers 1 through 100 race each other up an apple tree in a rhyming chant, piling higher and higher until bumblebees threaten trouble at the top.
Twenty-three rowdy rhyming poems tackle everything from bullying baseball coaches to annoying little brothers, poking fun at the everyday chaos of modern family life.
A boy sets out walking and spots one animal after another, a black cat, a brown horse, a red cow, each one peeking into view before he sees it fully.
An elephant named Horace turns eleven and throws a costume party for his exotically dressed animal friends, but when it's time for the feast, someone has already eaten it all.
