Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Paperback – Picture Book, August 1, 2000
Beach Lane Books · Paperback · August 1, 2000
There is always enough room on your child’s bookshelf for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children’s favorite for over thirty years!
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- Who it’s for
- An easy, bouncy entry point with enough pattern and pulse to keep things moving.
- Themes
- alphabet learning, rhythm and rhyme, childhood education
- Pacing
- Fast
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There is always enough room on your child’s bookshelf for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children’s favorite for over thirty years! 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 coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no—Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!
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Countless children—and their parents—can joyfully recite the familiar words of this beloved alphabet chant. Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambault’s rhythmic text keeps the beat with Caldecott Honor illustrator Lois Ehlert’s bold, cheerful art. This winning combination has made the Chicka Chicka series an enduring classic.
Playful Word Rhythm
An easy, bouncy entry point with enough pattern and pulse to keep things moving.
Come here for
- alphabet play
- sound-forward read-aloud rhythm
Expect
- picture-book pacing
- classroom-friendly repeatability
Where it sits
| Alphabet Books | 87% |
|---|---|
| Nursery Rhymes | 42% |
| Poetry | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Alphabet Books
- Word Books
- Sounds
- Beginner Readers
- Authors
- Bill Martin, John Archambault
- Publisher
- Beach Lane Books
- Published
- August 1, 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- alphabet learning · rhythm and rhyme · childhood education
- Reading lane
- Alphabet Books