The Park Our Town Built is a children's book by Diane Bertrand, with art by Tanya Bauerle, published in 2011. It is available at the Internet Archive.
There is a YouTube read-along, but the creator has disabled embedding, so you will have to click and go to YouTube if you want to watch the video.
The story starts with the man who gave the land to the town for the park:
The chain then links the man, the mayor, the children, the people, the tools, the swings, the slide, the bridge, the fountain, the benches, the garden, the families, the party, and the fireworks to finish things up. As you can see, the story is done in short lines of verse but without rhyme:
There's nothing special about the story, but it's a great example of how to construct a very simple chain, easy for young readers to understand and follow.
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