Following is a list of the consonant sounds (including digraphs) with all the ways that they appear in the English language.  We know children learn best with repetition within a meaningful context, so we have listed books appropriate for each sound.  For example, under /n/, we have listed Robert Munsch's story "Thomas' Snow Suit" because Thomas keeps saying "NNNNNNOO!"

/b/ big robber

"Arthur" books by Marc Brown

Baby Beluga by Book and Song by Raffi

Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett

Bibi and the Bull  by Carol Vaage

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Byron Barton

Dragonfly's Tale by Kristina Rodanas

Mortimer by Robert Munsch

The Bear’s Bicycle by Emilie Warren McLeod

The Bed Book by Sylvia Plath

The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy

The Old Banjo by Dennis Haseley

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

c is /k/ or /s/  See appropriate sections below

/d/ down called daddy could

Dennis and the Fantastic Forest by Adrian Raeside

Dr. DeSoto by William Steig

Duncan and Delores by Barbara Samuels

Hey Diddle Diddle by Mother Goose

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head by Bill Peet

Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel

The Mother's Day Mice by Eve Bunting

/f/ if phone differ cough half

Five Silly Fisherman by Roberta Edwards

Follow That Fish by Joanne Oppenheim

Fox and His Friends by Edward Marshall

Four Fur Feet by M. W. Brown

"Franklin" Books by Paulette Bourgeois

Jack and the Beanstalk (any version)

The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco

The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle

/g/ go wiggle ghost

Ghost Games by Jana Novotny Hunter

Grandma and the Pirates by Phoebe Gilman

Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian

The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco

The Eye of the Needle by Teri Sloat

The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin, Jr.

/h/ had whole

Grandma and the Pirates by Phoebe Gilman

Horace by Holly Keller

My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston

The Happy Hedgehog Band by Jill Barton

The Happy Hippopotami by Bill Martin, Jr.

The Hippo Hop by Christine Loomis

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

What If? by A. H. Benjamin

/j/ gym job edge gem

Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman, Isbn 0-590-41340-6

Jillian Jiggs  to the Rescue by Phoebe Gilman, ISBN 0-590-24178-8

Juggler by Caroline Arnold

The Wonderful World of Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman, ISBn 0-590-74747-5

To the Zoo: Animal Poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

/k/ (c) come keep back chrome

Ankylosaurus (poem) by Jack Prelutsky

"Clifford" books by Norman Bridwell

Gingerbread Man (any version)

Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Katy No-Pockets by Emmy Payne

Kite Flier by Dennis Haseley

Koala Lou by Mem Fox

Koko’s Kitten by Francine Patterson

Milk and Cookies by Frank Asch

Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel

One Cow Coughs by Christine Loomis

Sloppy Kisses by Elizabeth Winthrop

The Cake That Mac Ate by Rose Robart

The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

/l/ let fell ample label pupil

Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus

Lion and Lamb Step Out by Barbara Brenner

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale

Mr. Lion Goes to Lunch by Eric Frost

My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston

Snow Lion by David McPhail

The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy

The Eye of the Needle by Teri Sloat

/m/ me swimmer dumb Autumn

At the Top of the Stairs by Sam McBratney

Maple Murple by Sheree Fitch

Matthew and the Midnight Money Van by Allen Morgan

Maybe a Monster by Jill Creighton

Molly’s Monsters by Teddy Slater

Murmel, Murmel, Murmel by Robert Munsch

My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston

The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco

The Case of the Mysterious Mermaid by Vivian Binnamin

The Eye of the Needle by Teri Sloat

The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson

The Three Little Kittens (any version)

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

/n/ no know winner gnaw pneumatic

Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch

Pigs by Robert Munsch

Something Good by Robert Munsch

The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

/p/ pay apple

A Pair of Protoceratops by Bernard Most

Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Perfect the Pig by Susan Jeschke

Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut by Margaret Atwood

Sophie and Sammy's Library Sleepover by Judith Caseley

The Eye of the Needle by Teri Sloat

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie DePaola

The Pig’s Picnic by Keiko Kasza

/ku/ quit - really two phonemes /k/ /w/

A Promise is a Promise by Robert Munsch

Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood

The Hunter and the Quail by Nazlie Gellek

The Missing Tarts by B. G. Hennessy

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

/r/ read write marry are rhyme

Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett

Gingerbread Man (any version)

Raccoons and Ripe Corn by Jim Arnosky

The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick

/s/ so cent pass house castle screw

Let’s Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M.K. Brown

Six Sleepy Sheep by Jeffie Ross Gordon

Sophie and Sammy's Library Sleepover by Judith Caseley

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

Swimmy by Leo Lionni

The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

The Wish Wind by Peter Eyvindson

Wake Up Bear by Lynley Dodd

/t/ to fatter debt ptomaine

A Trio of Triceratops by Bernard Most

Baby Animals: Tigers by Kate Petty

Mizzy and the Tigers by Jim Edmiston

Sophie and Sammy's Library Sleepover by Judith Caseley

The Tyger by William Blake

The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski

Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury

Tiger is a Scaredy Cat  by Joan Phillips

Tigress by Helen Cowcher

Tikki, Tikki, Tempo by A. Mosel

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too by A.A. Milne

/v/ very give of

Angela's Airplane by Robert Munsch

Big Bird Plays the Violin by Deborah Hautzig

It’s Valentine’s Day by Jack Prelutsky

Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery William

/w/ we when quite once

8 O'Cluck by Jill Creighton

Pigs by Robert Munsch

Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins

Show and Tell by Robert Munsch

The Fish Who Could Wish by John Bush

The Car Washing Street by Denise Lewis Patrick

The Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole (waaahooo!)

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski

The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

The Wish Wind by Peter Eyvindson

Three Ducks Went Wandering by Ron Roy

Wishes Don’t Make Things Come True by Fred Rogers

Worms Wiggle by David Pelham

/ks/ box - really two phonemes /k/ /s/

Baby in the Box by Frank Asch

Fox in Socks by Dr. Suess

Fox on the Job by James Marshall

Fox on Stage by James Marshall

Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg

The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night   traditional song illustrated by Peter Spier

Time to Relax by Nancy Carlson

What’s in a Fox’s Sack by Paul Galdone

/y/ yes

Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch

Angela's Airplane by Robert Munsch

Bob and Jack, A Boy and His Yak

Dragonfly's Tale by Kristina Rodanas

Grandpa Dan's Toboggan Ride by Suzan Reid (yahoo!)

Something Good by Robert Munsch

The Klutz Yo-Yo Book by John Cassidy

Yo! It’s Captain Yo-Yo

Yo! Yes! by Anthony Browne

/z/ has zoo please buzz sneeze

A New True Book: Zoos by Karen Jacobsen

Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert

Grandma and the Pirates by Phoebe Gilman

If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Suess

Let’s Go to the Zoo by Pat Whitehead

The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard

The Story of "Z" by Jeanne Modesitt

To the Zoo: Animal Poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Wake Up Bear by Lynley Dodd

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

Zella, Zack, and Zodiak by Bill Peet

Zoo by Gail Gibbons

Zoo Parade by Harriet Ziefert

Digraph Single Consonant Sounds

/ch/ much nature match

Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak

Chipmunk Song by Joanne Ryder

/ng/ song think

Ping by Marjorie Flack

/sh/ show motion sure

Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros

Hungry, Hungry Sharks by Joanna Cole

Jesus' Christmas Party by Nicholas Allan

Oh, Bother! Someone Won’t Share by Betty Birney

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

Sheep Take a Hike by Nancy Shaw

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Sheep in a Shop by Nancy Shaw

Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop

Shoes From Grandpa by Mem Fox

Sometimes I Share by Harriet Ziefert

The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy

The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski

What Mary Jo Shared by Janice May Udry

/th/ thin (unvoiced)

Mortimer by Robert Munsch

Storms by Seymour Simon

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

/th/ this (voiced)

/wh/ what when (in English this phoneme and /w/ often overlap)

Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There is? by Robert E. Wells

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

Whales, the Gentle Giants

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats