"Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" The story of a cap peddler who wears his wares on his head

Author/Illustrator: Esphyr Slobodkina
Published: HarperCollins, 1940

"Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" The story of a cap peddler who wears his wares on his head - "first his own checked cap, then a bunch of gray caps, then a bunch of brown caps, then a bunch of blue caps, and on the very top a bunch of red caps" - just may be the perfect read-aloud. The rhythmic text includes several repeating phrases will keep their attention as they chant along. The story also includes "built in" hand gestures - reaching to make sure your caps are on your head, shaking your finger and stomping your feet at the monkeys.