Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
a-z letters on pages
Author Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault
Illustrator Lois Ehlert
Cover artist Lois Ehlert
Country United States
Language English
Subject the alphabet
Genre Children's picture book
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date
 1989
Pages 36
ISBN 1-55924-577-8
OCLC 19262991
Followed by Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a bestselling American children's book written by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert,[1] and published by Simon & Schuster in 1989. The book features anthropomorphized letters.

Summary

The 26 lower-case letters climb a coconut tree in alphabetical order, until the tree bends so much, causing all 26 letters to fall out of the tree. The uppercase letters (the older relatives of the letters climbing the tree) come to help them. Again alphabetically, it describes each letter's injury, including:

At sunset, the letters "X", "Y" and "Z" are the "last to come" from the coconut tree. Later at night, the letter "A" gets up and climbs back up the coconut tree, dare(-)double(-)daring the other letters to catch him.

The book is notable for its rhyming structure which is reminiscent of the jazz vocal improvisation technique known as scat singing.

An audio book version is also available, narrated by Ray Charles.

A CD-ROM version was released in 1995 by Davidson and Simon & Schuster Interactive.

It inspired a 2004 sequel, Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3. A board book for toddlers, entitled Chicka, Chicka ABC was published in 1990 and contains the first half of the full story, which ends up with all 26 letters falling out of the tree.

Characters

A - Red B - Red C - Purple D - Pink E - Orange F - Green G - Purple H - Yellow I - Orange J - Magenta K -Light Blue L - Purple M - Blue N - Violet O - Purple P - Red Q - Pink R - Yellow S - Fuchsia T - Red U - Blue V - Indigo W - Yellow X - Orange Y - Yellow Z - Red

Story

A told B
And B told C
Ill meet you at the top of the coconut tree
Whee. said D to E F G
Ill beat you to the top of the coconut tree
Chicka chicka boom boom
Will there be enough room
Here comes H up the coconut tree
And I and J
And tag-along K
All on their way up the coconut tree
Chicka chicka boom boom
Will there be enough room
Look whos coming
L M N O P
And Q R S
And T U V
Still more - W
And X Y Z
The whole alphabet up the - Oh, no.
Chicka chicka... BOOM. BOOM.
Skit skat skoodle doot
Flip flop flee
Everybody running to the coconut tree
Mamas and papas and uncles and aunts
Hug their little dears then dust their pants
Help us up. cried A B C
Next from the pileup skinned-knee D
And stubbed-toe E
And patched-up F
Then comes G all out of breath
H is tangled up with I
J and K are about to cry
L is knotted like a tie
M is looped
N is stooped
O is twisted alley-oop
Skit skat skoodle doot
Flip flop flee
Look who's coming
Its black-eyed P
Q R S
And loose-tooth T
Then U V W wiggle-jiggle free
Last to come
X Y Z
And the sun goes down on the coconut tree
But...
Chicka chicka boom boom
Look
Theres a full moon
A is out of bed
And this is what he said
Dare double dare
You can't catch me
Ill beat you to the top of the coconut tree
Chicka chicka... BOOM. BOOM.

Album

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs
Studio album by John Archambault and David Plummer
Released 1995
Recorded 1991-1992
Genre Children's music
Label Youngheart Records
Producer David Plummer & John Archambault

In 1992, along with musician David Plummer, Archambault released an album composed of several songs based on the storybook, entitled Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs. The album was named a 1992 "Notable Children’s Recording" by the American Library Association and in 1993, won a Parents' Choice Award.[2][3]

Track list

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-22. John Archambault: Books
  2. ↑ "For Halloween, learning about skeletons, and some tips on the art of the pumpkin". The Sun - Baltimore, Md. Oct 14, 1994. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Notable children's recording". Emergency Librarian. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
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