Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Title: Chichka Chicka Boom Boom
Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 1989
Theme: Learning the Alphabet
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Letters A-Z/ Mamas, Papas, Aunts, and Uncles
Summary: All of the letters are racing to the top of the coconut tree, but will there be enough room. Once all the letters make it to the top of the tree they all fall out. Mamas, Papas, Aunts, and Uncles then run to the coconut tree to help their loved ones. Finally everyone was back with their loved ones and then letter A was out of bed and went back up the coconut tree.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with the students as a way to help them learn the letters of the alphabet. Throughout the book all the letters are mentioned in the text as well as shown in the illustrations. This way the students can learn the letters of the alphabet and what they look like.