2022
words by Avery Monsen
pictures by Abby Hanlon
This is a great book for teaching rhyming, but it’s also just a darling read. Chester van Chime spends his day forgetting how to rhyme. So, for each set up, there’s a silly alternate word instead of the expected rhyming one.
He walked past the butcher and walked past the baker.
He passed Mr. Waxler, the candlestick…guy.
The kids get such a kick out of these missed rhyming opportunities and the friendly fox who always seems to be pointing to the correct ending. The accompanying illustrations are so clever. In the background of what’s going on in the story, you can spot many fun rhyming pictures – a troll holding a bowl, a whale on a pail, etc. This book is definitely getting promoted from library copy to one on our shelf.