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Summary: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Review: This is hands down the best book for children age 3 and under that I have ever encountered (and we have over 1,000 children's books in our home!). I began reading it to my oldest child when she was 2 months old, and by 16 months, she could recite the alphabet AND identify all 26 letters of the alphabet-- upper AND lower case! I give most of the credit to this wonderful book (but keep in mind, we read it EVERYDAY, often times, several times a day!) My youngest child picks this book out of the shelf first and foremost. He is only 13 months old, but he absolutely loves this book and prefers it over most toys. Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault have more than a classic here, not to mention the great illustrations by Lois Ehlert. If you're looking for the perfect book to teach your children the alphabet or you just simply want an entertaining book that is sure to be a hit, look no further. This is it!
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Summary: Alphabet with attitude
Review: I had seen this book when I worked for [local store], but never read it. My daughter started reciting it around the house; her kindergarten teacher uses it as a staple for teaching the difference between upper and lowercase letters. Each "baby" letter challenges the succesive letters to a race at the top of a coiconut palm tree. Later, the "aunts and uncles" (read: uppercase letters) are introduced, until the tree grows too heavy from the weight of them all, then..."Chicka chicka boom boom!"- everything tumbles down. A sweet book for all ages, with brightly colored illustrations by Lois Ehlert (known for her own series of chunky board books). There's also a 2 full pages of the alphabet in upper and lowercase letters in the front and back of the book. Sure beats the regular alphabet song!
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Summary: Toddler's Loving it!!!
Review: This is now our regular nighttime read. My 18 month old daughter gets an absolute kick out of it! She says the BOOM, BOOM! part when we get to it. While I read the part "up the coconut tree", I walk my fingers up the tree. It really seems to get and keep her attention. Every parent should own this book!!
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Summary: WOW! Fast and fun (and educational too)!
Review: "A told B and B told C
I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree."Thus begins Chicka Chicka Boom Boom's bouncy romp through the alphabet. The cadence is quick and the rhyming is fun. One can't help but read it aloud just to bop along! This book has captivated every child I've seen "read" it from 1 month (no kidding, the bright colors and simple shapes really grab 'em) to 5 years. As for its learning potential, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom clips through the alphabet twice, and in a brilliant move portrays the child-personified letters as lower-case and the "adult" letters as upper-case. The "kid" letters are rambunctious and accitentally get hurt (resulting in "skinned-knee d", "black-eyed p", and "loose-toothed t"), but the "adult" letters are there to help them up, dust off their pants, and feel better. In short, this is a book that's so sweet and fun, I'd have bought it even if it didn't have it's additional benefit of learning the alphabet! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom comes highly recommended!
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Summary: Go ahead and emphasize the rhythm!
Review: "Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom! Will there be enough room?" The simple, rhythmic text of this book just begs to be chanted as you read it to your young child. Go ahead and lose your self-consciousness and do it: Your child will love the book and learn the alphabet to boot! The story line is simple: the lower case letters pass along the word that everyone is going to climb to the top of the coconut tree. Just after z makes it up the tree, "Uh-oh! Oh, no! Chicka chicka BOOM BOOM!" The uppercase letters come along to "hug their little dears and dust their pants." I understand this is where the board book version of this story ends, but I would highly recommend that you buy the regular version instead. In the full-length version, the lower case letters get up from the jumble with all their bumps and bruises and head home. But after the sun goes down, "a gets out of bed and this is what he said, 'Dare, Double Dare! You can't catch me! I'll beat you to the top of the coconut tree!' Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!" If you have fun with it, your young children will love to listen to it. The alphabet is printed in its entirity (upper and lower case letters) in the fly leaves of the book, and these are great to point to while singing the alphabet song or play a quick game of "What's that?" before or after reading the book. And your child will quickly start to chant the story along with you, I'm sure! I, for one, was thrilled when my two-year old started bringing it to me and saying, "Read it, Mommy! Read it, the Boom Boom!" He's learning his letters and having fun. For what more could I ask?
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Summary: Ellamennow P
Review: A word of warning. If you haven't a rhythmic bone in your body, you'd best not be reading "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" anytime soon. This book is arguably the best known alphabet book on the market today. Telling a tale of alphabetic foolhardiness, a troop of lower case letters (all of them, in fact) go bounding up the nearby coconut tree for a variety of reasons. When the tree can no longer support their weight the little letters find themselves splayed out on the ground. Fortunately the big letters come along to comfort the little ones, though it's obvious by the end that not all have learned their lesson. Verses of the letters' exploits are intermixed with chants like so; "Chicka chick boom boom!
Will there be enough room?
Here comes H
Up the coconut tree" The text has a nice rhythmic quality to it. A kind of onomatopoetic elegance. And the illustrations, while not particularly stunning, fulfill their purpose excellently. It's a good read-aloud story for kids learning their alphabet, and would fit into any storytime excellently. A fun feisty book.
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Summary: alphabet
Review: this book is great for little children because it teaches them their alphabet. the author of the book did a good job rhyming words that match the letter.
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Summary: Your children will love this book!
Review: I read this to my preschool class atleast once a week. They always want me to read it to them over and over again.
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Summary: BEST BOOK...I actually used the book to get my son to crawl=
Review: My now 21 month old LOVES this book. I've been reading it to him from day one. He actually began crawling when I would place the book just out of his reach. Then I would place the book further away and he would crawl and get it...so cute. Now at 21 months it still remains his favorite book. Everyday he brings it to me and he tries to read with me. After reading it we say our ABCs in the back..which he LOVES. A true must have in your childs book collection. It contains bright colors and is truly a catchy read.
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Summary: This is a must have book
Review: This is a non-sensical tale of all the letters of the alphabet climbing a coconut tree...which may sound tedious to parents weary of children's level reading. But we both enjoy reading this story to our three year old son because it has a fun rythm. He just LOVES it. He has the whole thing memorized after having the book for a few weeks...which blew his grandmother's mind when she visited recently. She thought he was reading it! This is one of our ten or so "must have" books for the preschooler set. Younger children would proably enjoy it too because of is song like qualities.
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