List of Suggested Repetitive Books & Helpful Hints

List of Suggested Repetitive Books:

Boynton, S.- Red Hat, Yellow Hat
Brown, M.- Goodnight Moon (Board Book)
Campbell, R.- Dear Zoo: A Lift The Flap Book (Dear Zoo)
Carle, E.- Have You Seen My Cat?
Carle, E. - 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo
Carlstrom, N.W.- Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? (Jesse Bear)
Cartwright, S.- Who's Making That Mess? (Usborne Lift-the-Flap Book)
Christelow, E.- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Board Book)
Eastman, P.D.- Are You My Mother?
Ernst, L.C.- Up to Ten and Down Again
Guarino, D.- Is Your Mama A Llama?
Kalan, R.- Jump, Frog, Jump!
Pereira, L. & Solomon, M. – Oh! A Bubble…
Shaw, C.B.- It Looked Like Spilt Milk
West, C.- “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz” Went Bumblebee
West, C.- I Don't Care! Said the Bear
Williams, S- I Went Walking
Williams, L- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Wood, A.- The Napping House

Helpful Hints for Using Repetitive Books:
• Pause to allow the child to fill in a portion of a repeated phrase.
• Encourage the child to repeat a carrier phrase heard throughout the story.
• Provide adequate time for the child to attempt productions.
• Read a preferred repetitive book multiple times and provide increased
opportunities for the child to verbally participate.
• Read a story with inflection! Apply a consistent melodic tone and
inflection to carrier phrases and repeated questions present throughout the
book.
• Provide opportunities for the child to take turns verbalizing.
• Adapt a book by using additional pictures or objects that correlate to the
text.
• Call attention to the print; point to the written text as you read.
• Provide a relaxed atmosphere for reading and positively reinforce efforts
to communicate.

Solomon, M. and Pereira, L. (2010). Repetitive Books: An Effective Therapeutic Strategy for Children Diagnosed with Apraxia of Speech. The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA). www.apraxia-kids.org