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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly has many incarnations and readalikes.
Then there's One Fine Day and others like it that I can't remember right now.
Then there's One Fine Day and others like it that I can't remember right now.
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Cheryl, Host of Miscellaneous and Newbery Clubs
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How about The Very Hungry Caterpillar"
Here's a Listopia about cumulative books akin to that capacious old lady:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
The Listopia for books akin to Jack's house has some that I'll be trying to track down:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Here's a Listopia about cumulative books akin to that capacious old lady:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
The Listopia for books akin to Jack's house has some that I'll be trying to track down:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
I'll put my thinking cap on for other books with the refrains that build... I know I've read plenty and hopefully some will come to me. The list Cheryl posted is excellent and a few from there I would highly recommend:
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
The Apple Pie That Papa Baked
Ohana Means Family
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
Jack's Garden
These refrains don't really build but for animal lovers, the books by Marianne Berkes such as Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef and Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow: Where the Cold Wind Blows might still appeal as they follow the "Over in the Meadow" song.
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred
The Apple Pie That Papa Baked
Ohana Means Family
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
Jack's Garden
These refrains don't really build but for animal lovers, the books by Marianne Berkes such as Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef and Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow: Where the Cold Wind Blows might still appeal as they follow the "Over in the Meadow" song.

Celia wrote: "Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale by Verna Aardema is a great one. It's an African Nandi folktale that introduces a diverse and different landscape, told ..."
One of my favorites! Thanks for posting :-)
One of my favorites! Thanks for posting :-)
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Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (other topics)Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale (other topics)
Jack's Garden (other topics)
The Apple Pie That Papa Baked (other topics)
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred (other topics)
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Verna Aardema (other topics)Verna Aardema (other topics)
Marianne Berkes (other topics)
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