Books with Rhyme, Repetition, or Songs
Five Little Ducks, Five Little Monkeys and Pete the Cat all include counting concepts. Brown Bear Brown Bear includes animals and colors. The version of The Wheels on the Bus here includes animals and their sounds or actions. Silly Sally goes to town walking backwards upside down and meets animals along the way.
Books with Humor, Silly Sounds, or Cool Features
David books are fun; there are several in the series. Each book has just a few words and funny pictures of David causing mischief. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? includes lots of fun sounds to make. The Ducking Gets a Cookie!? is part of the Pigeon series by Mo Willems. There is a Bird on Your Head (also by Mo Willems) was a huge hit with one kiddo I worked with. He acted out the story all the time. There are over 15 books in the Elephant and Piggie series and several new titles coming throughout this year. The Pigeon and Elephant and Piggie series would both be great for teaching kids to read with expression. Gallop is a cool book with pictures that are animated. The animals really move as you turn the page!
Many kids like books with characters they know and plots that are familiar. The Froggy books always include some silly mistake on Froggy's part and characters use repetitive phrases. The books in the If You Give a ... series include repetitive structures kids will quickly pick up on. These are just books I have had kids enjoy. There are plenty of other "series" or books with the same character out there. If your kiddo likes monkeys try Curious George...if she likes bugs and silliness try Fly Guy or the Diary of a Worm/Spider/Fly books.
Books with Word Play
Some kids with autism struggle with concepts such as idioms, opposites, and homophones. Even More Parts is funny and includes idioms. Crazy like a Fox is a story that includes a bunch of extra similes. Both are good if you need a list of some common idioms or similes to teach kids. Raining Cats and Dogs is also good if you need a list of idioms and their meanings but I caution against using the listed sentences examples and pictures from the book because I think they are too connected to the words in the idiom, rather than showing kids another way to use the idiom. In my opinion, the book could confuse kids even more. I did like it for the ideas though.
Books to Teach a Skill
One little girl I worked with memorized Everyone Poops and would recite it while playing with random toys. It didn't make pooping perfect for her, but it did help her tolerate sitting on the toilet. Go, Pea, Go! is new and I haven't used it with a kiddo myself, but I did think it was a cute way of presenting stopping activities to go pee.
Hopefully you found a book you can try with a kid in your life! I would love to hear some of your favorite books to share with kids with autism. Feel free to leave some titles in the comments!
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