We're Going on a Bear Hunt

 We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury & Michael Rosen
3
We have the board book version, but it comes in paperback also. A cute book about a family going on a bear hunt through the wavy grass, water, etc. It's told in rhyme since it's also a song/chant. It has lots of repetition and varies black and white pages with the color pages of the sounds of each element. It's only slightly scary, and didn't seem to bother Ian who gets scared of many things.

One Brown Bunny

 One Brown Bunny by Marion Dane Bauer
5
I really love this book.  It's for the younger crowd, but combines numbers with colors, which is fun. Little Bunny asks lots of animals to play with him but they're all too busy.  He's sad, but then the animals come back and play.Very cute rhyming triplets.And just a sweet story.

Sheep in a Jeep

 Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
5
"Sheep in a jeep on a hill that's steep." I love all the rhyming in this book. It's more than just poetic rhyming of the last word in a pair of sentences or whatnot.  There are rhyming words found all over the place.  This is the best one (in my opinion) in the series of books about the sheep. And it's funny!

Giraffes Can't Dance

 Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
4
This is a cute book about a party in the jungle and the other animals make fun of clumsy Gerald the Giraffe.He goes off by himself and sees a cricket (are they in the jungle?) who encourages Gerald to listen to the sounds of the jungle, the grass, the wind, the trees, and finds out he really CAN dance, much to the amazement and encouragement of his other jungle friends.An encouraging self-confidence book told in rhyme.