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Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme

 Chester Van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme 

By Avery Monsen & Abby Hanlon
New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Picture Book. 

Chester van Chime wakes up one day and realizes that he has forgotten how to rhyme! This is very unusual for Chester because rhyming is one of his greatest skills. As he goes throughout his day, he tries everything to get his rhyming skills back, but nothing seems to work. Will Chester ever be able to rhyme again?

This picture book is a perfect read-aloud to help young readers learn how to rhyme, in a hilarious way. While the text is set up perfectly to end each phrase in a rhyming word, because Chester has forgotten how to rhyme, each phrase ends with a series of other words describing the situation instead of the word that would complete the rhyme. Along with the hilarious text, the illustrations are so clever. Each page, feels like a seek & find, as readers can find multiple small pictures of rhyming combos, a fox wearing socks, a pig in a wig, a fairy holding cherries, and so many more!

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