Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archamnault
Title: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Aladdin Picture Books
Year: 1989
Genre: Alphabet book
Format: Hardcover
Reading Level: Independent
Interest level: early elementary
Topics: ABC LEARNING!
Summary: The rhyme and rhythm presented by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault creates an amazing ABC book for children. As all of the lower-case letters race to the top of the coconut tree, the tree becomes too full to hold all 26 letters. All of the letters come tumbling to the ground. All of the fathers, mothers, aunts and uncles (uppercase letters) are waiting at the bottom of the tree to help. This book has a catchy rhyme seam and is easy for the children to memorize.
Extension Activity: For this extension, the students will make their own coconut tree with their names on it!
