Books to Enhance Articulation Skills

  • The following are a list of possible books to enhance articulation skills. This can be helpful by "bombarding" the child with many opportunities to hear the correct pronunciation of the targeted sound. 

     

    Even if your child is "only" listening, she is still gaining the auditory bombardment of the sound and opportunities to hear the correct pronunciation in a controlled setting, not to mention all the other benefits of spending time with you and reading.

     

    • You can use a "closure" technique to elicit certain words, if you feel fairly confident that your child can produce the sound. (For example: "Caps for sale! Fifty cents a ____." letting your child fill in the blank.) 

    • Have the child "read" part of the book with you, if it's a story he is very familiar with. Very repetitive stories are also helpful in eliciting phrases--such as "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, what do you hear?"

     


    Articulation Therapy: Picture Book Reading List - Research Guides

     


    K SOUND 

    THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle 

    CROSS COUNTRY CAT by Mary Calhoun 

    CAPS FOR SALE by Esphyr Slobodkina 

    CATS AND CANARY by Michael Foreman 

    CAN I KEEP HIM by Steven Kellogg 

    CORDUROY by Don Freeman 

    MILLIONS OF CATS by Wanda Gag 


    D SOUND 

    A DARK, DARK TALE by Ruth Brown 

    HAVE YOU SEEN MY DUCKLING? by Nancy Tafuri 

    MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS by Robert McCloskey 


    P SOUND 

    EACH PEACH, PEAR, PLUM by Janet and Allen Ahlberg 

    HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON by Crockett Johnson 

    PAT THE BUNNY by Dorothy Kunhardt 

    THE PIG'S WEDDING by Helen Heine 

    POPPY THE PANDA by Dick Gackenbach 


    F SOUND 

    FAMILY by Helen Oxenbury 

    FEELINGS by Aliki 

    FINDERS KEEPERS by Will and Nicholas Mordvinoff 

    A FARMER'S ALPHABET by Mary Axariun 

    THE FOOT BOOK by Dr. Seuss 

    THE FOOLISH FROG by Pete and Charles Seeger 

    FIVE LITTLE FOXES AND THE SNOW by Tony Johnston 

    ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH by Dr. Seuss 

    FIX-IT by David McPhail 

    GONE FISHING by Earlene Long 

    THE LITTLE FUR FAMILY by Margaret Wise Brown 


    M SOUND 

    MOON MAN by Tomi Ungerer 

    MAMA DON'T ALLOW by Thatchur Hurd 

    MADELINE by Ludwig Bemelmans 

    MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB by Mary Josepha Hale 

    MAX'S FIRST WORD by Rosemary Wells 

    MITCHELL IS MOVING by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat 


    G SOUND 

    GOOD MORNING, CHICK by Mirra Ginsburg 

    GOOD-BYE HOUSE by Frank Asch 

    GONE FISHING by Earlene Long 

    GOODNIGHT MOON by Margaret Wise Brown 

    I GO WITH MY FAMILY TO GRANDMA'S by Riki Levinson 


    H SOUND 

    THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle 

    THE THREE LITTLE PIGS by many different authors 

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOON by Frank Asch 

    HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON by Crockett Johnson 

    HIPPOS GO BERSERK by Sandra Boynton 

    HOLES AND PEEKS by Ann Jonas 

    HOW DO I PUT IT ON? by Shrego Watanabe 

    HUSH LITTLE BABY by Jeanette Winter 


    B SOUND 

    I AM A BUNNY by Ole Risom 

    HUSH LITTLE BABY by Jeanette Winter 

    PAT THE BUNNY by Dorothy Kunhardt 

    THE RUNAWAY BUNNY by Margaret Wise Brown 


    L SOUND 

    I KNOW AN OLD LADY by Nadine Bernard Wescott 

    I LOVE MY BABY SISTER by Elaine Edelman 

    A LION FOR LEWIS by Rosemary Wells 

    THE LITTLE DUCK by Judy Dunn 

    THE LITTLE PUPPY, THE LITTLE LAMB, THE LITTLE KITTEN, ETC... by Judy Dunn 

    THE LADY AND THE SPIDER by Faith McNulty 

    THE LITTLE FUR FAMILY by Margaret Wise Brown 

    LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE by Bernard Waber 



    SH SOUND 

    HUSH LITTLE BABY by Jeanette Winter 

    ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH by Dr. Seuss 

    SHEEP IN A JEEP by Nancy Shaw 

    SHEEP IN A SHOP by Nancy Shaw 

    SHHHH! by Suzy Kline 

    SHHHHH...BANG by Margaret Wise Brown 

    SHINE, SUN! by Carol Greene 


    TH SOUND 

    THE THANK YOU BOOK, by Francoise Seignobuse 

    THINGS I HATE by Harriett Wittels 

    THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD by Wally Piper 

    AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET by Dr. Seuss 

    TEETH by Michael Ricketts 

    THANK YOU by Edith Flack Ackley 

    THUNDERSTORM by Mary Szilagyi 

    THUMP AND PLUNK by Janice May Udry 

    THE THINKING BOOK by Sandol Stoddard 

    THE THINKING PLACE by Barbara Joosse 

    THIS AND THAT AND THUS AND SO by Evaline Nuss 

    THIDWICK, THE BIG-HEARTED MOOSE by Dr. Seuss 

    THREE BY THE SEA by Edward Marshall 


    R SOUND 

    ROSIE'S WALK by Pat Hutchins 

    ROTTEN RALPH by Jack Gantos 

    LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD by the Brothers Grimm 


    S SOUND 

    SWIMMY by Leo Lionni 

    BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR by Bill Martin 

    SEE AND SAY by Antonio Frasconi 

    THE SEAL MOTHER by Mordicai Berestein 

    SEARCH FOR SAM by Neil Morris 

    SEEN ANY CATS? by Frank Modell 

    SEEDS by Terry Jennings 


    T SOUND 

    THE TEENY-TINY WOMAN by Paul Galdone 

    TEN, NINE, EIGHT by Molly Bang 

    TOUCH! TOUCH! by Riki Levinson 

    TEENY TINY by Jill Bennett 

    TASTING by Richard Allington 

    TAN TAN'S HAT by Kazuo Iwamura 

    TICKLE TICKLE by Helen Oxenbury 

    TIGER CAT by Slawomir Wolski 

    TIC, TAC AND TOE by Bruno Munari 


    FINAL CONSONANTS 

    LOUIS THE FISH by Arthur Yorinks 

    THE LITTLE DUCK by Judy Dunn 

    MOON MAN by Tomi Ungerer 

    PERFECT THE PIG by Susan Jeschke 

    THE CAT IN THE HAT by Dr. Seuss 

    ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH by Dr. Seuss 

    CROSS COUNTRY CAT by Mary Calhoun 

    CAN I KEEP HIM? by Steven Kellogg 

    A DARK, DARK TALE by Ruth Brown 

    THE FOOT BOOK by Dr. Seuss 

    GOODNIGHT MOON by Margaret Wise Brown 

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOON by Frank Asch 

    OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM Several versions available 

    HOP ON POP by Dr. Seuss 

    TEETH by Michael Ricketts 

    TIC, TAC, AND TOE by Bruno Munari 

    Source: Harriett Hoeprich, M.S., CCC 1995