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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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 ta...more
Paperback, 40 pages
Published
October 24th 2006
by Little Simon
(first published October 1st 1989)
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A fun alphabet rhyme when one get's tired of the classic ABC song.
The colors and the artwork are superb in this fun alphabet book. They are simple, bright and a pleasure to look at, which is a must in a picture book. The rhyme is fun and catchy and sure to engage small children. There is even a dramatic, if simple story, as the letters climb and then fall from the tree. The sound effects are fun and really add to the enjoyment.
My only real complaint is the messed up lette...more
The colors and the artwork are superb in this fun alphabet book. They are simple, bright and a pleasure to look at, which is a must in a picture book. The rhyme is fun and catchy and sure to engage small children. There is even a dramatic, if simple story, as the letters climb and then fall from the tree. The sound effects are fun and really add to the enjoyment.
My only real complaint is the messed up lette...more
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is one that I remembered reading as a kid but before I re read it I couldn't remember what it was about. It was a fun tongue twisting rhyming book that I'm sure any kid would enjoy reading/listening to. The colorful pages and big print make it easy and entertaining to read as well.
Genre: Picture Books, Alphabet
Summary: This book is an alphabet book that reviews the alphabet twice through colorful pictures, fun words, and one tree.
Critique: a) The pictures and words in this book make learning interesting and balance out perfectly.
The pictures are colorful and simple. This allows for children to not only be intrigued but they will easily learn. The letters are bright and big which allow for children to easily identify which are which. The pictures are we...more
Summary: This book is an alphabet book that reviews the alphabet twice through colorful pictures, fun words, and one tree.
Critique: a) The pictures and words in this book make learning interesting and balance out perfectly.
The pictures are colorful and simple. This allows for children to not only be intrigued but they will easily learn. The letters are bright and big which allow for children to easily identify which are which. The pictures are we...more
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. is a wonderful children's ABC book that captures a child's mind and engulfs them into the story. The book begins with the letters of the alphabet climbing to the top of a coconut tree, all the while the reader is wondering if all of the letters will be able to fit at the top of the tree. The author strategically placed the words so that they sounded as if it were meant to be a song or a jingle that would help the children easily remember the book and o...more
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin JR. is a chidren's ABC book that tells a story of the alphabet in a coconut tree. It starts out by saying "chicka chicka boom boom will there be enough room, way up high in the coconut tree?" After this is proceeds to go tell stories about sections of the alphabet. For example: "A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree!" This continues until the whole alphabet is covered and all of the letters are in the tree....more
"Chicka CHicka Boom Boom! Will there be enough room?" is a continual ohrase throughout the book that helps the book move from letter to letter through the alphabet. I think this book is a wonderful bookfor children learning their ABC's and will keep their interest for many reasons!
One reason being the bright colors! Each letter is a different color as its climbing up the coconut tree. And the coconut tree itself is very eye catching with its tall trunk and huge palm leaves ...more
One reason being the bright colors! Each letter is a different color as its climbing up the coconut tree. And the coconut tree itself is very eye catching with its tall trunk and huge palm leaves ...more
1. Alphabet
2. When the lowercase letters of the alphabet want to climb up a coconut tree they end up getting in a little mischief. The ultimate question becomes will there be enough room!
3. a: The greatest strength of the story is the ability to learn the alphabet in a clever way that is rhythmic and keeps one involved in the reading.
b: You are able to see the letters of the alphabet all working on getting to the top of the tree. The language is kid friendly and provides y...more
2. When the lowercase letters of the alphabet want to climb up a coconut tree they end up getting in a little mischief. The ultimate question becomes will there be enough room!
3. a: The greatest strength of the story is the ability to learn the alphabet in a clever way that is rhythmic and keeps one involved in the reading.
b: You are able to see the letters of the alphabet all working on getting to the top of the tree. The language is kid friendly and provides y...more
Genre: Picture Book/ Alphabet Book
An alphabet book where the letters are racing to the top of a coconut tree.
The style of writing in this book, specifically the repetition of words, is a wonderful attribute for beginning readers. The repetition of the phrase "chicka chicka boom boom" is a great way for young readers to participate in a read aloud since they will have heard the phrase and can predict when it will be used again. The rhythm of the story also creates a fun al...more
An alphabet book where the letters are racing to the top of a coconut tree.
The style of writing in this book, specifically the repetition of words, is a wonderful attribute for beginning readers. The repetition of the phrase "chicka chicka boom boom" is a great way for young readers to participate in a read aloud since they will have heard the phrase and can predict when it will be used again. The rhythm of the story also creates a fun al...more
Genre: Children’s, Alphabet
Summary:
Using the letters of the alphabet and a mixture of rhyming and repetition, this book progresses from the letter A all the way to the letter Z in a race to the top of the coconut tree. As they finally reach the top the letters come tumbling down to the ground, creating the refrain Chicka Chicka Boom Boom as they crash below.
Critique:
The addictive and simple refrain Chicka Chicka Boom Boom creates a foundation fo...more
Summary:
Using the letters of the alphabet and a mixture of rhyming and repetition, this book progresses from the letter A all the way to the letter Z in a race to the top of the coconut tree. As they finally reach the top the letters come tumbling down to the ground, creating the refrain Chicka Chicka Boom Boom as they crash below.
Critique:
The addictive and simple refrain Chicka Chicka Boom Boom creates a foundation fo...more
1. This book would fall under the category of a picture book, alphabet.
2. The letters are having a party at the top of the coconut tree. Chicka chicka boom boom, will there be enough room?
3. critique
a. The strongest part of this book is its written appeal in a sing song style.
b. This book is a fun read that makes the words sound like a song. The rhyming words fit together in a poem that makes the reader want to sing along. The story is entertaining and unexpected th...more
2. The letters are having a party at the top of the coconut tree. Chicka chicka boom boom, will there be enough room?
3. critique
a. The strongest part of this book is its written appeal in a sing song style.
b. This book is a fun read that makes the words sound like a song. The rhyming words fit together in a poem that makes the reader want to sing along. The story is entertaining and unexpected th...more
1. Picture book/alphabet
2. In this adorable story, the letters of the alphabet follow each other as they attempt to climb a coconut tree. But can they all fit at the top?
3. The rhyme scheme in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is absolutely its strength. It starts right at the beginning of the book with "A told B and B told C, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.'". It even continues between stanzas of the story like the end of the I J K section says "all ...more
2. In this adorable story, the letters of the alphabet follow each other as they attempt to climb a coconut tree. But can they all fit at the top?
3. The rhyme scheme in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is absolutely its strength. It starts right at the beginning of the book with "A told B and B told C, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.'". It even continues between stanzas of the story like the end of the I J K section says "all ...more
1. Genre: Picture Book/Alphabet
2. Summary: All of the letters race to the top of the coconut tree, but Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, the tree cannot handle all of that weight. What will happen when all of the letters fall out of the tree?
3. Critique:
a. One of the greatest strengths of this story is the use of rhyme.
b. All of the letters of the alphabet are interconnected into a story of rhyme about traveling up and then falling down out of a coconut tree....more
2. Summary: All of the letters race to the top of the coconut tree, but Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, the tree cannot handle all of that weight. What will happen when all of the letters fall out of the tree?
3. Critique:
a. One of the greatest strengths of this story is the use of rhyme.
b. All of the letters of the alphabet are interconnected into a story of rhyme about traveling up and then falling down out of a coconut tree....more
Genre: Alphabet Picture Book
All the letters of the alphabet are trying to get up a coconut tree, but is there enough room up there for all 26 letters? The letters might have to learn the hard way.
a.) A major strength of this book is the characterization assigned to each of the letters.
b.) The letters are the main characters of this book; they have personalities, dialogue, etc. They are young kids who are playing and having a good time just like children usually do. I...more
All the letters of the alphabet are trying to get up a coconut tree, but is there enough room up there for all 26 letters? The letters might have to learn the hard way.
a.) A major strength of this book is the characterization assigned to each of the letters.
b.) The letters are the main characters of this book; they have personalities, dialogue, etc. They are young kids who are playing and having a good time just like children usually do. I...more
1. Alphabet Picture Book
2. When the children letters (lower case) decide to climb a coconut tree, a mishap occurs, but the adult letters (upper case) are there to pick them back up and dust them off. This is a rhyming alphabet book where letters are alive as they walk, talk, climb, and of course, chicka chicka boom boom.
3. A. Illustration/ Content
B. The illustrations are lively with fluorescent alongside primary colors. The letters are boxy, in the typical fashion most stud...more
2. When the children letters (lower case) decide to climb a coconut tree, a mishap occurs, but the adult letters (upper case) are there to pick them back up and dust them off. This is a rhyming alphabet book where letters are alive as they walk, talk, climb, and of course, chicka chicka boom boom.
3. A. Illustration/ Content
B. The illustrations are lively with fluorescent alongside primary colors. The letters are boxy, in the typical fashion most stud...more
"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault is an ABC book. In this tale full of rhymes and rhythm, all of the letters climb up the coconut tree in alphabetical order. Once all twenty six letters reach the top the text reads, "Chicka chicka...BOOM! BOOM!" and all of the letters fall in a heap beneath the tree. Therefore, the letters have to "wiggle-jiggle free" from the pile in alphabetical order. In comic irony, the story concludes with A w...more
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault and illustrated by Lois Ehlert, is a classic children’s book telling a story about the English alphabet. The book shows the letters of the alphabet taking a journey up the coconut tree to find 26 letters might be a bit too much for the coconut tree to handle. The letters seem to become injured as the tree looses its balance but aunts, uncles and parents are soon to come to the rescue of the daring lowercase letters! Intri...more
1. Alphabet Picture book
2.This book is excellent in that it uses rhythms and sounds with the letters to get readers familiar and interesting in reading. The content was fun and kept the reader motivated to learn which letter and rhyme would come next on the second page.
3.
a. Illustrations
b. The Illustrations in Chicka Chicka boom boom were very appropriate for the audience reading this book. If one could not read, they would be able to look at the illustrations on e...more
2.This book is excellent in that it uses rhythms and sounds with the letters to get readers familiar and interesting in reading. The content was fun and kept the reader motivated to learn which letter and rhyme would come next on the second page.
3.
a. Illustrations
b. The Illustrations in Chicka Chicka boom boom were very appropriate for the audience reading this book. If one could not read, they would be able to look at the illustrations on e...more
"Do picture books even have plots?" My husband asked me this after I had finished outlining a picture book in an attempt to learn how to improve plots in my own stories. The author of the writing book wherein I found the activity seems to think they do. To complete her exercise, I had outlined Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault which I had bought at Nebraska's Plum Creek Literacy Festival.
Here's how the tale of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom goes: Ther...more
Here's how the tale of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom goes: Ther...more
This book focuses on the alphabet! Basically, the letters of the alphabet are meeting each other at the top of the coconut tree; the book goes in alphabetical order, obviously, and the letters race each other up a couple at a time! After each couple of letters, it says ‘chicka chicka boom boom; will there be enough room?’ and then the letters continue their way up. As soon as all the letters get up, they are all too heavy and the tree leans over, dropping all the letters onto the groun...more
Title: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Genre: Alphabet
Summary: Letters of the alphabet are given human characteristics as all of them attempt to climb a coconut tree.
A.This critique addresses the illustrations in this story.
B.The illustrations in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, are drawn in bold vivid colors that create excitement and draw attention to the pages. Also a colorful polka dot border around each page serves t...more
Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Genre: Alphabet
Summary: Letters of the alphabet are given human characteristics as all of them attempt to climb a coconut tree.
A.This critique addresses the illustrations in this story.
B.The illustrations in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, are drawn in bold vivid colors that create excitement and draw attention to the pages. Also a colorful polka dot border around each page serves t...more
Genre: Picture Book - Alphabet
Summary: This is a wonderful picture book that introduces readers to the letters in the alphabet. The letters are climbing up and down the coconut tree with cute commentary as they climb.
Critique:
(a)This book finds its strength in the repetition that is used throughout the story. Although I loved the illustrations the repetition in the story was the best part.
(b)This book is extremely appropriate in providing the reader with a ...more
Summary: This is a wonderful picture book that introduces readers to the letters in the alphabet. The letters are climbing up and down the coconut tree with cute commentary as they climb.
Critique:
(a)This book finds its strength in the repetition that is used throughout the story. Although I loved the illustrations the repetition in the story was the best part.
(b)This book is extremely appropriate in providing the reader with a ...more
Citation: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (illustrator), Aladdin Paperbacks, 1989, 32p. Picture book/Alphabet book
Genre: Alphabet Book
Summary: This alphabet book, written in poetry form, has a musical feel. The action is derived from the exploits of the lowercased letters (children) who are jubilant as they climb a coconut tree, which bows under the weight of them. Then, out drops two coconuts. Boom! Boom! Following them, all...more
Genre: Alphabet Book
Summary: This alphabet book, written in poetry form, has a musical feel. The action is derived from the exploits of the lowercased letters (children) who are jubilant as they climb a coconut tree, which bows under the weight of them. Then, out drops two coconuts. Boom! Boom! Following them, all...more
1. Alphabet
2. Young readers will delight as page after page reveals each letter (both in uppercase and lowercase form) in bright neon colors. All 26 letters are trying to fit on the coconut tree, will there be enough room for all of them?
3. Critique
a. Each letter has its own personality and is depicted differently.
b.The personification of the alphabet is adorable and attractive to young readers. It is completely appropriate for this age group and their learning needs. ...more
2. Young readers will delight as page after page reveals each letter (both in uppercase and lowercase form) in bright neon colors. All 26 letters are trying to fit on the coconut tree, will there be enough room for all of them?
3. Critique
a. Each letter has its own personality and is depicted differently.
b.The personification of the alphabet is adorable and attractive to young readers. It is completely appropriate for this age group and their learning needs. ...more
Chicka Chicka Boom Booom by Bill Martin Jr. is a book that I myself remember reading as a child. As a matter of fact, it was one of favorite books! Today, this ABC book is still very popular among children. I get asked at least once a day to read this book in preschool. One thing appealing about this book is that it is very upbeat and gives it a musical quality. "Look who's coming! L M N O P! And Q R S And T U V!" It almost like the only way to read this book is to sing to it! Another ...more
This ABC book by Bill Martin Jr is a very catchy, rhyming alphabet book. It starts out with A, B, and C racing to the top of the coconut tree and eventually all other letters follow up to the top. Then there's a repeated part that says, "Chicka chicka boom boom! Will there be enough room?" talking about if all of the letters will fit on the coconut tree. So it goes through the whole alphabet when they're racing to the top of the coconut tree and then after they all fall off of the coco...more
Chicka chicka Boom Boom is an ABC picture storybook. It was written by Bill Martin, Jr, and John Archambault and illustrated by Lois Ehlert. This book is basically a learning stepping stone targeted for preschool age children who are learning their ABC's. Its a cute book, but gets a little corny with, "I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree." The story of this book tells how the letters of the alphabet keep climbing up the tree and eventually the letters are too heavy and they co...more
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a very enjoyable alphabet book. Taking a different approach to the usual “A stands for apple” alphabet book, the authors have managed to create a story about characters that happen to be letters. The letters race up to the top of a coconut tree, but they weigh too much, and all of the letters tumble down to the ground.
The collage style artwork is very colorful and cheerful. Everything is made from sharp lines and distinct shapes. Every page is bordered with...more
The collage style artwork is very colorful and cheerful. Everything is made from sharp lines and distinct shapes. Every page is bordered with...more
You're not going to believe this alphabet book - it's bold, bright and beautiful! Brilliant colors fill each polka-dot bordered page as the alphabet begins its adventurous journey to the top of a coconut tree. The rhymes are irresistible and fun to read again and again.
CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM 2010 is the first oversized board book edition, and in this case bigger is definitely better – more eye-popping than ever. Originally published in 1989 this alphabet book has appealed to...more
1. Picture Book-Concept/Alphabet
2. All the lowercase letters of the alphabet climb a coconut tree until the tree gets too heavy and bends under pressure. All the alphabets fall off and the capital letters, which are described as older family members, raced to help them.
3a. Separation of capital and lowercase letters
3b. I really enjoyed how they made the lowercase letters be viewed as children in the story. This was a great way for young readers to relate, since they...more
2. All the lowercase letters of the alphabet climb a coconut tree until the tree gets too heavy and bends under pressure. All the alphabets fall off and the capital letters, which are described as older family members, raced to help them.
3a. Separation of capital and lowercase letters
3b. I really enjoyed how they made the lowercase letters be viewed as children in the story. This was a great way for young readers to relate, since they...more
Besides being entertaining, this book was also educational. I remember reading this story during my library class and learning our alphabets and memorizing the little rhythm of the song. The colors were bright and vibrant which helped me remember which letter would come next. It helps illustrate the difference between upper case and lower case letters. It's also a great way to teach children how to pick out which rooms rhyme.
A great memorizing technique for children to use is in a son...more
A great memorizing technique for children to use is in a son...more
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