CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM
Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books
Year of Publication: 1989
Genre: Picture Book, Children's Literature
Horn Book or Kirkus Reviews rating: Horn (1)
Summary:
The letters of the alphabet try to climb a coconut tree letter by letter as they are rhyming in a rhythmic/chanting way, and once they get up there, they all eventually start falling off, getting into silly incidents as they reach the ground.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
According to the Horn Book Review, this book is "One of the liveliest, jazziest alphabet books on record. They also rated this book a 1 and identify it as "tongue-tingling and visual stimulating" because of the wonderful rhyming/chanting and colorful illustrations.
Review by Ranim Sankari:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a wonderful book that demonstrates the alphabet in a musical way. The author also catches the reader's attention by the intense rhyming and silly incidents that happen to the letters as they fall down the coconut tree. This book is educational and helpful for preschoolers that are beginning to learn the alphabet. This book not only displays the uppercase letters but the lowercase letters as well. The illustrations of the book are very colorful and age appropriate.
This book would be useful when teaching…
Summary of Professional Reviews:
According to the Horn Book Review, this book is "One of the liveliest, jazziest alphabet books on record. They also rated this book a 1 and identify it as "tongue-tingling and visual stimulating" because of the wonderful rhyming/chanting and colorful illustrations.
Review by Ranim Sankari:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a wonderful book that demonstrates the alphabet in a musical way. The author also catches the reader's attention by the intense rhyming and silly incidents that happen to the letters as they fall down the coconut tree. This book is educational and helpful for preschoolers that are beginning to learn the alphabet. This book not only displays the uppercase letters but the lowercase letters as well. The illustrations of the book are very colorful and age appropriate.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- This book could be used when a preschool teacher is introducing a lesson about letters and their sounds. The teacher can have students point out what letter is on each page and teachers can also show them the difference between the lowercase and uppercase letters.
- Because of the musical and rhythmic way the text is represented, the teacher can make a catchy song out of it and have the students sing along to it.