Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Bill Martin Jr.; John Archambault

ISBN 10: 1442004436 ISBN 13: 9781442004436

Publisher: Paw Prints 2009-07-10, 2009

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

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Review:

The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A told b, and b told c, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree'"--which probably seemed like a good idea until the other 23 members of the gang decided to follow suit. Lois Ehlert's chunky block illustrations show the luxuriant green palm standing straight and tall on the first page, but it begins to groan and bend under its alphabetical burden. First the coconuts fall off, then ("Chicka chicka... BOOM! BOOM!") all the letters also end up in a big heap underneath. A very simple board-book version stops there, but this original text goes on to introduce the helping hands of the 26 uppercase "mamas and papas and uncles and aunts." (Baby to preschool) --Richard Farr

From the Publisher:

A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree. In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom! The well-known authors of Barn Dance and Knots on a Counting Rope have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun. Lois Ehlert's rainbow of bright, bold, cheerful colors makes the merry parade of letters unforgettable. END

About this edition

• Publisher: Paw Prints 2009-07-10
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1442004436
• ISBN 13: 9781442004436
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Lois Ehlert