Following is a list of the vowel sounds with all the ways that they appear in the English language.  We want to find the stories in your classroom that show lots of examples of these sounds. For vowels, we have the short vowel section, the long vowel section and the blended vowel section.

"Short" Vowel Sounds:

Short a: /a/ am laugh

Aardvark’s Picnic by Jon Atlas Higham

All About Alligators by Jim Arnosky

Allafred the Anteater by Bill Martin, Jr.

Angela's Airplane by Robert Munsch

"Arthur" books by Marc Brown

Awful Aardvark by Mwalimu Kennaway

Big Al  by Andrew Clements

Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman

Imogene’s Antlers by David Small

Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch

No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold

Pigs by Robert Munsch

Show and Tell by Robert Munsch

The Mitten by Jan Brett

The Mother's Day Mice by Eve Bunting

Short e: /e/ end bread many said friend

Encore for Eleanor by Bill Peet

Englebert the Elephant by Tom Paxton

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

The Elves and the Shoemaker by Brothers Grimm

When the Elephant Walks by Keiko Kasza

Short i: /i/ in myst

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox by Grace Maccarone

The Witch Has An Itch by Donna Guthrie

Short o: /o/ top

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring by Tomie de Paola

Mop Top by Don Freeman

My Very Own Octopus by Bernard Most

Short u: /u/ but touch come was does

Grandma and the Pirates by Phoebe Gilman

Just Enough Carrots by Stuart J. Murphy

Mortimer by Robert Munsch

One Duck Stuck

The Eye of the Needle by Teri Sloat

The Three Little Pigs (any version)

The Upside-Down Boy by Janet Palazzo-Craig

The Upside-Down Man by Shanellentuck

"Long" Vowel Sounds

Long a: /ae/ able make aid day they eight vein

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring by Tomie de Paola

Down by the Bay by Raffi

Roller Skates by Stephanie Calmenson

The Silly Tail Book by Marc Brown

Long e: /ee/ she seat bee key piece many chief ceiling

Counting Sheep by John Archambault

Little Peep by Jack Kent

Norma Jean, Jumping Bean by Joanna Cole

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabcovich

The Tree by Tim Vyner

Long i: /ie/ find ride by pie high height bye

I Can Ride a Bike by Sheila Fraser

The Mother's Day Mice by Eve Bunting

The New Bike by Marie Vinje

The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed

Long o: /ou/ no note soul boat low door

Black Crow, Black Crow by Ginger Foglesong Guy

Boats by Anne Rockwell

Crow Boy by Taro Yashima

Ladybug, Ladybug by Ruth Brown

Moses Supposes His Toeses are Roses by Nancy Patz

Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Joanne Oppenheim

Long u: /eu/ unit use few you

"Blended" Vowel Sounds

/oo/ too super cube do crew due fluid two soup shoe

Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch

Doodle Flute by Daniel Pinkwater

Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate

The Balloon Tree by Phoebe Gilman

The Tooth Book by Theo LeSieg

Tooth Fairy by Audrey Wood

/oo/ or /uu/ look put could

Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree by David Korr

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Milk and Cookies by Frank Asch

/ou/ mouse now drought

A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman

Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch

City Mouse and Country Mouse by Aesop; retold by Jan Brett

Good-Night Owl by Pat Hutchins

I Love You Mouse by John Graham

Mouse Tales and Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

The Honeybee and the Robber by Eric Carle

The House that Jack Built  retold by Jenny Stow

The Power Shovel (poem) by Rowena Bennett

The Three Little Pigs  retold by Paul Galdone (house)

The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski

/au/ haul talk draw water bought caught

/oy/ oil boy

All My Toys Are On the Floor by Mary Blocksma

Pigs by Robert Munsch

Stop That Noise by Paul Geraghty

The Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown

Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern

/r/ Influenced Sounds

/ar/ car

Aardvark’s Picnic by Jon Atlas Higham

Awful Aardvark by Mwalimu Kennaway

I Am An Artist by Pat Lowery Collins

Spot Goes to the Park by Eric Hill

The Artist by John Bianchi

The Park Bench by Fumiko Takeshita

/er/ her fur sir work learn syrup dollar

Birthday Presents by Cynthia Rylant

Earth Day books

Happy Birthday Moon by Frank Asch

Happy Birthday, Sam by Pat Hutchins

Spot’s Birthday Party by Eric Hill

Turtle Day by Douglas Florian

/or/ for ore oar our poor

Gorilla by Anthony Brown

Orangutan by Lynne Cherry

The Tortoise and the Hare from Aesop’s Fables