Repeating pattern stories
A frog in the bog
A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.
A house for Hermit Crab
A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.
Are you my mother?
A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets -- including a dog, a cow, and a plane -- "Are you my mother?"
Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, until finally the children are put into the story as well.
Good-night, Owl!
All the other birds' noises keep him from sleeping all day, until night-time comes and it's Owl's turn to sing!
Jump, frog, jump!
When a frog catches a fly, he sets off a chain of predators. The title answers the repeated refrain "How did the frog get away?" and children will soon be chanting along with this cumulative tale.
Mortimer
It's Mortimer's bedtime, but he would much rather sing his rowdy song. Mom, Dad and even the police can't get him to quiet down, until they become so distracted by each other that Mortimer drifts off to sleep.
Mother, Mother, I want another
Mrs. Mouse is anxious to get her son to sleep and goes off to find what she thinks he wants - another mother! A variety of other animal mothers are brought to help baby mouse go to sleep, until finally he tells us what he really wanted all along.
Mr. Gumpy's outing
Mr. Gumpy lives by a river. One sunny day he decides to take a ride in his small boat. It is such a perfect idea, for such a perfect summer day, that he soon has company: first the children, then the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, and still others until-- Mr. Gumpy's outing comes to an inevitable but not unhappy, conclusion.
Something from Nothing
Joseph runs to his grandfather with his favourite blanket. Grandpa can fix anything. From the tattered blanket, Grandpa makes a handsome jacket. With a few passes of his needle, a vest becomes a Sabbath tie. And snip! Snip! A ragged handkerchief turns into a brand-new button. But when the button is lost, what's to be done? Even Grandpa can't make something from nothing!
The cow who clucked
When a cow loses her moo, she searches to see if another animal on the farm has it.
The Enormous Turnip
One of Grandfather's turnips grows to such an enormous size that the whole family including the dog, cat, and mouse try in vain to pull it up.
The gingerbread boy
The Gingerbread Boy eludes the hungry grasp of everyone he meets until he happens upon a fox more clever than he.
The gruffalo
A clever mouse uses the threat of a terrifying creature to keep from being eaten by a fox, an owl, and a snake--only to have to outwit that creature as well.
The mitten: a Ukrainian folktale
One by one, a series of forest animals decide to crawl into Nicki's lost mitten to keep warm, but there's only so many animals that one mitten can hold!
The napping house
In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.
We're going on a bear hunt
A family of brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear sends them running home.
