Books are a fantastic tool to captivate your students while practicing essential speech sounds! This post will give you a curated list of fun and interactive children’s books that emphasize initial, medial, and final SH sounds. Whether you’re working with early learners or older students, these books will make your SH sound practice enjoyable and effective. Keep reading to discover an SH Book List that will save you time!

Book Lists For Articulation: SH words

Without a doubt, my passion is literacy-based speech therapy. I LOVE children’s picture books; they are an endless wealth for targeting articulation and language concepts. When I select books, I’m not just looking for the target sound in the book title. I only recommend books that contain a sound with high frequency or a word containing that sound is repeated throughout. As we all know, muscle memory comes from repetition. You may also like to read how to choose the best books for literacy-based speech therapy.

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Initial SH Articulation Books

This SH Book list will give you some great titles introducing the SH sound at the start of words! They are tons of fun to read.

• Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley: This fun farm story features repeated “sh” sounds in “Wishy-Washy” and, in other words, helps children recognize the SH sound while following animal adventures.
• Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox: The repetitive structure and focus on “sheep” introduce the SH sound in a simple, engaging way for young learners.
• Shoe Town by Janet Stevens: With many SH words, this story about animals starting a shoe business emphasizes the SH sound while engaging students in a creative tale.
• Sheep On A Ship by Nancy Shaw (series): This rhyming story from the “Sheep” series incorporates SH sounds as sheep navigate a stormy sea, making it perfect for SH sound practice.
• Sheep In A Shop by Nancy Shaw (series): In this playful book, sheep shop for gifts, offering ample SH words and rhymes to help students with the sound.
• Sharing A Shell by Julia Donaldson: This ocean-themed story of friendship focuses on “sharing” and “shell,” providing plenty of SH words in a charming narrative.
• Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop: A simple, rhythmic book full of shoes and the SH sound, great for introducing young students to SH words.
• I Love My White Shoes by James Dean (series): Part of the famous Pete the Cat series, this book introduces “shoes” in a repetitive, easy-to-follow format for reinforcing the SH sound.
• Smily Shark by Ruth Galloway: This delightful underwater adventure with “shark” offers many opportunities for SH sound recognition, helping kids engage with the sound in context.
• Big Shark, Little Shark by Anna Membrino: With contrasting big and little sharks, this book repeatedly highlights the SH sound, making it fun for young readers to practice.

Medial SH Articulation Books

Once you get to medial sounds, add these SH book list items to your library. The kids will love them!

• Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sarah Weeks (series): This humorous story about Mrs. McNosh hanging everything (including her furniture and pets) on the clothesline is filled with the medial SH sound in “wash,” making it ideal for practicing that sound.
• Five Silly Fishermen by Roberta Edwards: In this silly counting tale, the word “fishermen” is repeated throughout, helping kids focus on the medial SH sound while enjoying the fishermen’s fun antics.
• Over In The Ocean: In A Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes: This beautifully illustrated rhyming book uses the word “fish” and other ocean terms, providing a playful way for students to hear and practice the medial SH sound in various marine-themed words.

Final SH Articulation Books

The next stop on the SH book list is the final sounds. These books have tons of words that end in SH!

• The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Phister (also on the R book list): This beautifully illustrated story about sharing features the word “fish” throughout, perfect for reinforcing the final SH sound while delivering a message about kindness.
• The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen (series): This rhyming tale of a gloomy fish uses ” fish ” repetitively, providing great practice for the final SH sound as kids enjoy the fish’s journey to happiness.
• Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman (also medial SH): As Mr. Gilly cleans up his town, the words “trash” and “trashy” are frequently used, making it an excellent choice for practicing both medial and final SH sounds in a fun and engaging context.

I hope this SH book list helps you! If you have a favorite book to work on SH, comment below, and I will update the list! I organized the list by initial, medial, and final sounds. A column on the right allows you to add your notes if needed. I like to write where I can locate the book. For instance, I will label them as “mine” or “library” if I borrow theirs, etc. If you’d like to download this list, enter your name and email, and I will send it to you immediately!