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Published: 23rd October 2000
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Published: 1st November 2009
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Published: 1st August 2020
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Published: 19th October 2022
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Anniversary Edition
By (Author) Bill Martin
By (author) John Archambault
Illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Simon & Schuster
Beach Lane Books
1st November 2009
Anniversary Edition
United States
Children
Fiction
Hardback
40
Width 210mm, Height 276mm, Spine 10mm
401g
There is always enough room on your childs bookshelf for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a childrens favorite for over thirty years!
A told B,
and B told C,
Ill 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, noChicka Chicka Boom! Boom!
Countless childrenand their parentscan joyfully recite the familiar words of this beloved alphabet chant. Bill Martin, Jr., and John Archambaults rhythmic text keeps the beat with Caldecott Honor illustrator Lois Ehlerts bold, cheerful art. This winning combination has made the Chicka Chicka series an enduring classic.
Bill Martin, Jr. (19162004) has been called Americas favorite childrens author. He wrote more than 300 books for children, including the classic textsBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See, illustrated by Eric Carle,andChicka Chicka Boom Boom, illustrated by Lois Ehlert.
John Archambault is a poet, journalist, and storyteller who worked with Bill Martin, Jr. on several projects. He lives in Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California.
Lois Ehlert (19342021)illustrated numerous inventive, celebrated, and bestselling picture books, includingChicka Chicka Boom Boom,Mice,Ten Little Caterpillars,and her ownHoley Moley,The Scraps Book,RRRalph,Lots of Spots,Boo to You!,Leaf Man,Snowballs,Waiting for Wings,Planting a Rainbow,Growing Vegetable Soup, andColor Zoo, which received a Caldecott Honor.