Amazon.co.uk Review: The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lower-case alphabet with attitude. "A told b, and b told c, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree'"--which probably seemed like a good idea until the other 23 members of the gang decided to follow suit. Lois Ehlert's chunky block illustrations show the luxuriant green palm standing straight and tall on the first page, but it begins to groan and bend under its alphabetical burden. First the coconuts fall off, then ("Chicka chicka ... BOOM! BOOM!") all the letters also end up in a big heap underneath. A very simple board-book version stops there, but this original text goes on to introduce the helping hands of the 26 upper-case "mamas and papas and uncles and aunts". (Ages 0 to 5) --Richard Farr
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Rating: - Read to Your Child to Develop Bonding and Intellect!
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.
To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was one of her picks.
The book is designed to teach the alphabet, but has several other nice qualities. ... Read More:
Rating: - Read to Your Child to Develop Bonding and Intellect!
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuable in a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading and improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure and able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.
To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, and asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was one of her picks.
The book is designed to teach the alphabet, but has several other nice qualities. ... Read More:
Rating: - Cute and classic!
This book is really cute, and easy for small kids to understand. It is about the lowercase letters of the alphabet who have a race up a coconut tree and then they fall (chicka chicka boom boom!!! and they all fall down) and their "parents" (the uppercase lettesr) come to their rescue and heal their wounds from the fall. The illustrations are CHARMING and the text, as i said before, is simple yet cute and classic. I read this book when I was really little and i remember loving it :-) I can still remember some of it's lyrics. A MUST READ FOR YOUNG KIDS!!!!!!!
Rating: - Great find and such fun!
I bought this book last week for my 3 year old grandson and I am not sure who loves it more, me or him. It is so easy for kids to get into and pick up the rhyme and rhythm of it, he is already reciting half of it. A must for any youngster's collection. Everyone will have fun with it! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to you!
Rating: - This book is fun and exiciting for preschool age children!!!
This book is one of the best children's books around. The majority of preschool and/or younger aged children enjoy it. I am a college students who is starting to collect children's books for my classroom and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was the first book I purchased.