Story Element #8: PATTERNS

Story Element #8: PATTERNS

1, 2, 3, A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, A, B, C. Patterns, patterns, everywhere! Welcome to the PATTERNS PAGE of Story Elements, where you'll learn everything from rules of 3 and repetition to cycles and more. There are days of the week patterns, monthly patterns, daily patterns... Picture books with patterns are sure to be a crowd pleaser.

So pick a number and start a pattern. A, B, B, A, B, B...

1. Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski and Henry Cole
2. My Big Dog by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
3. The Monstore by Tara Lazar
4. I Wanna New Room by Karen Kaufman Orloff
5. The House That George Built by Suzanne Slade

Examples submitted from the PB 14:14 in 2014 participants:

• Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
• My Very Own Alphabet Book by Wendy Coyle
• Down the Drain! by Robert Munsch
• Martina The Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy
• Never Too Little to Love by Jeanne Willis
• Wombat Went 'A Walking by Lachlan Creagh
• The Wolves are Back by Jean C. George
• I Am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems
• The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst