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Cumulative Tales

Cumulative tales are types of folktales in which the actions or characters build and repeat; they also often include rhyming and rhythm. Familiar favorites include The Gingerbread Man and The House that Jack Built. Cumulative tales are fun for everyone, and many are especially helpful for beginning readers! Here's a list of tales that can be found at the Allen County Public Library.

NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
JE	Aardema, Verna	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale	1981
JE ANDER	Anderson, Peggy Perry	Chuck's Truck	2006
JE	Armstrong, Jennifer	Hugh Can Do	1992
JE ARNOL	Arnold, Marsha Diane	Roar of a Snore	2006
JE BALDW	Baldwin, Robert F.	This Is the Sea that Feeds Us	1998
JE BEAUM	Beaumont, Karen	Move Over, Rover	2006
JE BEIL	Beil, Karen	Jack's House	2008
JE BELL	Bell, Babs	The Bridge is Up!	2004
JE	Bender, Robert	A Most Unusual Lunch	1994
JE BOND	Bond, Rebecca	Just Like a Baby	1999
JE BOWEN	Bowen, Anne	I Know An Old Teacher	2008
JE BRETT	Brett, Jan	Gingerbread Friends	2008
JE	Brisson, Pat	Benny's Pennies	1993
JE	Burningham, John	Mr. Gumpy's Outing	1970
JE	Capucilli, Alyssa	Inside a Barn in the Country: A Rebus Read-along Story	1993
JE	Capucilli, Alyssa	Inside a House That Is Haunted: A Rebus Read-along Story	1998
JE	Capucilli, Alyssa	Inside a Zoo in the City: A Rebus Read-along Story	2000
JE CARLE	Carle, Eric	Today Is Monday	1993
JE CHACO	Chaconas, Dori	Don't Slam the Door! A cumulative, rhyming tale of a slamming door which wakes a cat, setting into motion an absurd chain of events and resulting in chaos.	2010
JE	Chandra, Deborah	Miss Mabel's Table	1994
JE CLARK	Clarke, Jane	Stuck in the Mud	2008
JE	Cole, Henry	Jack's Garden	1995
JE CRUMM	Crummel, Susan Stevens	All In One Hour	2003
JE	Davol, Marguerite W.	The Heart of the Wood	1992
JE DOWNE	Downey, Lynn	The Flea's Sneeze	2000
JE	Dunbar, Joyce	Seven Sillies	1994
JE EDWAR	Edwards, David	The Pen that Pa Built	2008
JE EDWAR	Edwards, Pamela	Jack and Jill's Treehouse	2008
JE ERNST	Ernst, Lisa Campbell	This Is the Van that Dad Cleaned	2005
JE FLEMI	Fleming, Candace	This Is the Baby	2004
JE FLEMI	Fleming, Denise	Time to Sleep	1997
JE FOX	Fox, Mem	Hattie and the Fox	1987
JE	Fox, Mem	Shoes from Grandpa	1992
JE GALDO		Little Tuppen: An Old Tale	1967
JE GARRI	Garriel, Barbara	I Know a Shy Fellow who Swallowed a Cello	2004
JE GERIN	Geringer, Laura	Boom Boom Go Away! A cumulative rhyme in which a young boy emphatically and noisily tells his parents to go away when they say it is time for bed.	2010
JE GORBA	Gorbachev, Valeri	Where Is the Apple Pie?	1999
JE	Harley, Bill	Sitting Down to Eat	1996
JE HARPE	Harper, Charise Mericle	There Was a Bold Lady who Wanted a Star	2002
JE HATCH	Hatch, Elizabeth	Halloween Night	2005
JE	Hayes, Sarah	This Is the Bear	1993
JE HEAP	Heap, Sue	Cowboy Baby	1998
JE HEIDE	Heide, Florence Parry	That's What Friends are For	2003
JE	Hillenbrand, Will	Fiddle-I-Fee	2002
JE	Hutchins, Pat	Little Pink Pig	1994
JE HUTCH	Hutchins, Pat	There's Only One of Me	2003
JE JARRE	Jarrett, Clare	The Best Picnic Ever	2004
JE	Kalan, Robert	Jump, Frog, Jump!	1995
JE KROLL	Kroll, Steven	Jungle Bullies	2006
JE	Levine, Abby	This Is the Pumpkin	1997
JE	Lewis, Kevin	The Lot at the End of My Block	2001
JE	Lewis, Kevin	The Runaway Pumpkin	2003
JE	Lobel, Arnold	The Rose in My Garden	1984
JE LONG	Long, Kathy	The Runaway Shopping Cart	2007
JE LONG	Long, Melinda	When Papa Snores	2000
JE LUCIA	Luciani, Brigitte	How Will We Get to the Beach?	2000
JE MACDO	MacDonald, Margaret Read	The Squeaky Door	2006
JE MACKE	Macken, JoAnn Early	Baby Says "Moo!" A cumulative, rhyming tale of a baby who sees many animals while out with her family, only one of which makes her favorite sound.	2011
JE MCGOVE	McGovern, Ann	Too Much Noise	1967
JE	Melmed, Laura Krauss	The Marvelous Market on Mermaid	1996
JE NEITZ	Neitzel, Shirley	I'm Not Feeling Well Today	2001
JE	Neitzel, Shirley	I'm Taking a Trip on My Train	1999
JE	Neitzel, Shirley	The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's	1995
JE	Neitzel, Shirley	The Dress I'll Wear to the Party	1995
JE	Neitzel, Shirley	The House I'd Build for the Wrens	1997
JE NEITZ	Neitzel, Shirley	The Jacket I Wear in the Snow	1989
JE NORMA	Norman, Kim	I Know a Wee Piggy An ordinary pig leaps out of his boy's arms at a state fair and wallows in color after color, turning himself into a work of art.	2012
JE	Oxenbury, Helen	It's My Birthday	1994
JE	Oxenbury, Helen	The Great Big Enormous Turnip	1968
JE	Pizer, Abigail	It's a Perfect Day	1990
JE PLOUR	Plourde, Lynn	Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud	1997
JE	Polacco, Patricia	In Enzo's Splendid Gardens	1997
JE	Raskin, Ellen	Who, said Sue, said whoo?	1973
JE	Reeves, Howard W.	There Was an Old Witch	1998
JE REX	Rex, Adam	Tree-Ring Circus	2006
JE	Robart, Rose	The Cake That Mack Ate	1986
JE ROBBI	Robbins, Maria Polushkin	Mother, Mother I Want Another	2005
JE ROOT	Root, Phyllis	One Duck Stuck	1998
JE ROSAC	Rosa-Casanova, Sylvia	Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice	1997
JE ROSEN	Rosen, Michael	We're Going on a Bear Hunt	1989
JE RUDY	Rudy, Maggie	The House that Mouse Built	2011
JE RYAN	Ryan, Pam Muñoz	Mice and Beans	1990
JE RYDELL	Rydell, Katy	Wind Says Good Night	1993
JE	Rylant, Cynthia	The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog	2001
JE SCHAE	Schaefer, Lola	This Is the Rain	2001
JE	Schaefer, Lola	This Is the Sunflower	2000
JE	Shannon, George	This Is the Bird	1997
JE	Showers, Paul	The Bird and the Stars	1975
JE	Sierra, Judy	The House That Drac Built	1995
JE SIERR (Holiday Collection)	Sierra, Judy	'Twas the Fright Before Christmas	2002
JE SILVE	Silverman, Erica	Big Pumpkin	1992
JE	Silverman, Erica	On the Morn of Mayfest	1998
JE	Sloat, Teri	The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown	1995
JE	Sloat, Teri	There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout	1998
JE SMALL	Smalls, Irene	Kevin and His Dad	2000
JE SO	So, Meilo	Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop: A Tale of a Very Greedy Cat	2004
JE SPENC	Spence, Rob	Clickety Clack	1999
JE STEIG	Steig, Jeanne	Fleas	2008
JE STENM	Stenmark, Victoria	The Singing Chick	1999
JE STOJI	Stojic, Manya	Rain	2000
JE	Stutson, Caroline	By the Light of the Halloween Moon	1993
JE SWANS	Swanson, Susan	The House in the Night	2008
JE SYKES	Sykes, Julie	Dora's Eggs	1997
JE TABAC	Taback, Simms	There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly	1997
JE TABAC	Taback, Simms	This is the House that Jack Built	2002
JE TAFUR	Tafuri, Nancy	This Is the Farmer	1994
JE THOMP	Thompson, Lauren	The Apple Pie that Papa Baked	2007
JE THOMS	Thomson, Pat	Drat that Fat Cat!	2003
JE	Tiffault, Benette W.	Real Stuck, Way Up	1995
JE VAMOS	Vamos, Samantha R.	The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred A farm maiden, aided by a group of animals, prepares "Arroz con Leche," or rice pudding. Includes recipe and glossary of the Spanish words that are woven throughout the text.	2011
JE	Van Laan, Nancy	Possum Come a-Knockin'	1990
JE	Van Laan, Nancy	The Tiny, Tiny Boy and the Big, Big Cow: A Scottish Folk Tale	2000
JE	Waber, Bernard	Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover Party	1997
JE	Waddell, Martin	The Pig in the Pond	1992
JE	Walton, Rick	That's My Dog!	2001
JE	Wardlaw, Lee	The Chair Where Bear Sits	2001
JE	West, Colin	Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee	1996
JE	West, Colin	I Don't Care! Said the Bear	1996
JE WILDS	Wildsmith, Brian	Cat on the Mat	2000
JE WILLI	Williams, Linda	The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything	1986
JE WILLI	Williams, Sue	I Went Walking	1990
JE WOOD	Wood, Audrey	Silly Sally	1992
JE WOOD	Wood, Audrey	The Deep Blue Sea: A Book of Colors	2005
JE	Wood, Audrey	The Napping House	1984
JE ZEMAC	Zemach, Harve	The Judge; An Untrue Tale	1969
JE	Ziefert, Harriet	Oh, What a Noisy Farm!	1995
JE ZIEFE	Ziefert, Harriet	On Halloween Night	2001
JER ARNOL	Arnold, Tedd	There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy	2007
JER	Gelman, Rita Golden	Pizza Pat	1999
JER	Geringer, Laura	The Stubborn Pumpkin	1999
JER MILES	Miles, Betty	The Sky is Falling!	1998
JER SADLE	Sadler, Marilyn	It's Not Easy Being a Bunny	1983
JER SEUSS	Seuss, Dr.	Green Eggs and Ham	1960
J232.92	Dunbar, Joyce	This Is the Star	1996
J362.29	Taylor, Clark	The House That Crack Built	1992
J398	McLeish, Kenneth	Chicken Licken	1974
J398 HOUSE		The House That Jack Built	1970
J398.2	Aardema, Verna	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale	1975
J398.2	Arnold, Katya	Knock, Knock, Teremok!: A Traditional Russian Tale	1994
J398.2	Aylesworth, Jim	Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy	1999
J398.2	Duff, Maggie	Rum Pum Pum: A Folk Tale from India	1978
J398.2 HOUSE	Miller, JP	The House That Jack Built	2008
J398.2 KIMME	Kimmel, Eric A.	The Runaway Tortilla	2000
J398.2 LEODH	Leodhas, Sorche Nic	All in the Morning Early	1963
J398.2 OLD		The Old Woman and Her Pig	1960
J398.20941 SIERR	Sierra, Judy	The Beautiful Butterfly: A Folktale from Spain	2000
J398.21 AYLES	Aylesworth, Jim	The Gingerbread Man	1998
J398.24	Ormerod, Jan	The Story of Chicken Licken	1986
J398.8	Winter, Jeanette	The House That Jack Built	2000
J468	González, Lucía	The Bossy Gallito=El gallo de bodas; A Traditional Cuban Folktale	1994
J547.5	Dunphy, Madeleine	Here Is the Tropical Rain Forest	1994
J782.42	Emberley, Barbara	Drummer Hoff	1967
J782.42	Seeger, Laura	I Had A Rooster: A Traditional Folk Song	2001
J782.42	Sweet, Melissa	Fiddle-i-fee: A Farmyard Song for the Very Young	1992
J782.42 SCHWA	Schwartz, Amy	Old MacDonald	1999
J784.4		The Twelve Days of Christmas	1986
J811	Adoff, Arnold	The Cabbages Are Chasing the Rabbits	1985
J811	Kellogg, Steven	There Was an Old Woman	1974
J811 WESTC	Westcott, Nadine Bernard	I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly	1980
J811.54 GOLDV	Gold-Vukson, Marji	Grandpa and Me on Tu B'Shevat	2004
JB Q392A	Andrews-Goebel, Nancy	The Pot That Juan Built	2002
J	Burroway, Janet	The Truck on the Track	1971
J	Foulds, Elfrida Vipont	The Elephant and the Bad Baby	1969
F J448.2	Joslin, Sesyle	La petite famille	1964
S J468.2 (Bilingual)	Frasconi, Antonio	The Snow and the Sun=La nieve y el sol. A South American Folkrhyme in Two Languages	1961
S JE (Bilingual)	Ada, Alma Flor	The Christmas Tree=El árbol de Navidad	1997
S JE BERTR (Bilingual)	Bertrand, Diane Gonzales	The Empanadas that Abuela Made / Las empanadas que hacia la abuela	2003

If you need help finding these or other Library materials, please check with anyone in Children's Services. We look forward to seeing you at the Library!

This list was created and is maintained by Children's Services Librarians. Comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.