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Kay Chorao

Author of Rhymes Round the World

60+ Works 2,263 Members 60 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Kay Chorao is the beloved illustrator of many treasured anthologies for babies and children.

Includes the names: Kay Chorao, by Kay Chorao, Kay Sproat Chorao

Image credit: via Abrams Books

Series

Works by Kay Chorao

Rhymes Round the World (2009) 351 copies
The Baby's Bedtime Book (1984) 348 copies
Oink and Pearl (1981) 123 copies
The Baby's Lap Book (1977) 110 copies
Pig and Crow (2000) 82 copies
Cathedral Mouse (1988) 79 copies
Knock at the Door and Other Baby Action Rhymes (1999) 73 copies
The Baby's Story Book (1985) 68 copies
Ups and Downs with Oink and Pearl (1986) 68 copies
Jumpety-Bumpety-Hop: A Parade of Animal Poems (1997) 67 copies
Number One Number Fun (1995) 63 copies
The Baby's Good Morning Book (1986) 63 copies
Baby's Book of Baby Animals (2004) 59 copies
D is for Drums: A Colonial Williamsburg ABC (2004) 49 copies
Shadow Night (2001) 43 copies
Little Farm by the Sea (1998) 42 copies
Here Comes Kate (1780) 40 copies
The Book of Giving: Poems of Thanks, Praise and Celebration (1995) 38 copies
Baby's Christmas Treasury (1991) 38 copies
Mother Goose Magic (1994) 36 copies
Grandma's Hurrying Child (2005) — Illustrator — 35 copies
Peekaboo! Was It You? (Peek-a-Board Books) (1994) 32 copies
The Child's Fairy Tale Book (1990) 24 copies
Monster Poems (1976) — Illustrator — 23 copies
The Christmas Story (1996) 22 copies
Grayboy (2002) 21 copies
Baby's Goodnight Book (2002) 19 copies
Maudie's umbrella (1975) 19 copies
Ed and Kip (I Like to Read) (2014) 16 copies
Bad Boy, Good Boy (2013) 15 copies
Baby's Playtime Book (2006) 15 copies
Molly's Moe (1976) 15 copies
Kay Chorao's big book for babies (1998) 15 copies
George Told Kate: 2 (1987) 14 copies
The Cherry Pie Baby (1989) 14 copies
The Child's Story Book (1987) 13 copies
Ida and Betty and the Secret Eggs (1991) 12 copies
The Cats Kids (1998) 11 copies
Lemon Moon (1983) 10 copies
Carousel, Round and Round (1995) 9 copies
Up and Down With Kate (Dutton Easy Reader) (2002) 8 copies
Molly's lies (1979) 7 copies
A Magic Eye for Ida (1973) 7 copies
Kate's Box (1982) 7 copies
Kate's Snowman: 2 (1982) 6 copies
Ida Makes a Movie (Magic Eye for Ida part 2) (1974) 5 copies
Kate's Car (1982) 5 copies
Kate's Quilt (1982) 4 copies
Rhymes Round the World By Kay Chorao - Children's Poetry, Translations Into English, 30 Poems - Paperback - First… (2009) 3 copies
Nursery Storybook (1985) 3 copies
Lester's overnight (1977) 2 copies
The baby's bedtime book 2 copies
The Repair of Uncle Toe (1972) 2 copies
Annie and Cousin Precious (1994) 2 copies
Rock, Rock, My Baby (Chunky Shape Books) (1993) 1 copy
The Christmas Story by Kay Chorao (1996-09-01) (1656) 1 copy
God natt, lille skatt (1984) 1 copy
Cathy et sa boîte 1 copy
Ralph and the Queen's Bathtub (1974) 1 copy
The Good Morning Book (1986) 1 copy
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Associated Works

My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things (1973) — Illustrator — 571 copies
I'm Terrific (1977) — Illustrator — 302 copies
The Nutcracker (1979) — Illustrator, some editions — 241 copies
Albert's Toothache (1656) — Illustrator, some editions — 168 copies
Clyde Monster (1976) — Illustrator — 120 copies
Los Pollitos Dicen / The Baby Chicks Sing (1994) — Illustrator — 98 copies
All the Seasons of the Year (2010) — Illustrator — 74 copies
Whose House? (Storytown) (2004) — Illustrator — 69 copies
Kevin's Grandma (1975) — Illustrator — 65 copies
Thornton, the Worrier (1978) — Illustrator — 59 copies
The Witch's Egg (1974) — Illustrator — 43 copies
I Could Eat You Up! (1752) — Illustrator — 43 copies
The Bunnies' Trip (2008) — Illustrator — 35 copies
A Valentine for Cousin Archie (1981) — Illustrator — 32 copies
Rosie to the Rescue (2003) — Illustrator — 29 copies
Little Country Town (2001) — Illustrator — 24 copies
Rickety Witch (1984) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 7, March 1977 (1977) — Illustrator — 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, January 1978 (1978) — Illustrator — 3 copies

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bmanglass | 1 other review | Aug 31, 2023 |
 
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pszolovits | 8 other reviews | Feb 3, 2021 |
Rhymes 'Round the World by Kay Chorao
The illustrations are nice, but the rhymes didn't do it for me -- I suspect the problem is the translation and that the rhymes are better in their original languages.
 
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adaq | 9 other reviews | Dec 25, 2019 |
The Baby's Bedtime Book by Kay Chorao
Beautiful illustrations accompany this book of poems. The poetry is new as well as from famous poets. Very enjoyable betime book.
 
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1Avidfan | 4 other reviews | Sep 10, 2018 |
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CCBC Choices
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6
CLEL Bell Picture Book Award for Early Literacy

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Statistics

Works
60
Also by
19
Members
2,263
Popularity
#11,342
Rating
3.9
Reviews
60
ISBNs
117
Languages
2
Favorited
2

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