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| author = [[Bill Martin Jr.]] and [[John Archambault]]
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'''''Chicka Chicka Boom Boom''''' is an American children's picture book written by [[Bill Martin, Jr.]] and [[John Archambault]], illustrated by [[Lois Ehlert]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnarchambault.com/books1.html |title=JohnArchambault.com <Books Written with Bill Martin, Jr.> |access-date=2011-02-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309013928/http://www.johnarchambault.com/books1.html |archive-date=2011-03-09 }} John Archambault: Books</ref> and published in hardcover by [[Simon & Schuster]] in 1989. The book features [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphized]] [[Letter (alphabet)|letters]] and charted on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for children's books in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Best Sellers : December 17, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/books/best-sellers-december-17-2000.html |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 17, 2000}}</ref>
'''''Chicka Chicka Boom Boom''''' is an American children's picture book written by [[Bill Martin, Jr.|Bill Martin Jr.]] and [[John Archambault]], illustrated by [[Lois Ehlert]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnarchambault.com/books1.html |title=JohnArchambault.com <Books Written with Bill Martin, Jr.> |access-date=2011-02-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309013928/http://www.johnarchambault.com/books1.html |archive-date=2011-03-09 }} John Archambault: Books</ref> and published by [[Simon & Schuster]] in 1989. The book teaches the [[English alphabet|alphabet]] through [[Rhyme|rhyming]] [[Couplet|couplets]], and charted [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for children's books in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Best Sellers : December 17, 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/books/best-sellers-december-17-2000.html |access-date=14 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 17, 2000}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The [[Letter case|lowercase alphabet]] climb up a [[coconut tree]] in order, but their weight causes the tree to lean over, causing themselves to fall out of the tree. Shortly after, the [[Letter case|uppercase alphabet]] (the older relatives of the lowercase alphabet) comes to rescue them. Again alphabetically, while being rescued, most of the alphabet receive certain injuries. Later that night, the letter "a" gets up and climbs back up the coconut tree, proposing a double dare on the rest of the alphabet to catch him. You see the story in the Hutchinson Treasury of Stories to Read Aloud, the book published in 2000. It has British and American terms, too. The book was published by Random House, but the American book is the 20th-century Children's Book Treasury. It was published in 1998.
An [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] [[Letter case|lowercase alphabet]] climb up a [[coconut tree]] in order, but their increasing weight makes the tree lean over, causing themselves to fall out of it. Shortly after, the [[Letter case|uppercase letters]] (depicted as their parental figures) rush to aid the lowercase letters and rescue them from the pile.


While putting the tree back to its upright position and leaving the place, again in alphabetical order, many of the letters are revealed to have suffered from certain injuries, including "d" with a skinned knee, "e" with a [[stubbed toe]], "f" wearing a [[bandage]], "g" being out of breath, "h" and "i" tangled together, "j" and "k" crying in pain, "l" being knotted, "m" being looped, "n" being stooped, "o" being twisted, "p" having a [[black eye]], and "t" having a loose tooth.
==Impact==
An audiobook version is also available, narrated by [[Ray Charles]].


Later that night, the letter "a" gets up and climbs back up the coconut tree, proposing a double dare on the rest of the alphabet to catch him.
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A CD-ROM game was released in 1995 by [[Davidson & Associates|Davidson]] and [[Simon & Schuster]] Interactive.


==Sequels, spin-offs and related media==
A 2004 sequel entitled ''[[Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3]]'' by Martin and [[Michael Sampson]] was inspired by it.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Bill |title=Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3 |date=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0-689-85881-7 |edition=First |location=New York, New York |access-date=}}</ref> A board book for babies and toddlers entitled ''Chicka, Chicka, ABC'' was published in 1990, which contains the first half of the original story, and ends up with the whole alphabet causing themselves to fall out of the coconut tree.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Bill |title=Chicka chicka a b c |date=1993 |publisher=Little Simon |isbn=0-671-87893-X |edition=First Little Simon board book |location=New York, New York |access-date=}}</ref>
An abridged version of the book entitled ''Chicka Chicka ABC'' was published in 1990, which contains the first half of the original story up to the point where the alphabet falls out of the coconut tree.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Bill |title=Chicka chicka a b c |date=1993 |publisher=Little Simon |isbn=0-671-87893-X |edition=First Little Simon board book |location=New York, New York |access-date=}}</ref> A follow-up book teaching [[Number|numbers]], entitled ''[[Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3]]'', was published on July 2, 2004, with [[Michael Sampson]] as author in addition to Martin Jr. and Ehlert.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Bill |title=Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3 |date=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0-689-85881-7 |edition=First |location=New York, New York |access-date=}}</ref>


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Several audiobook versions are available, one of which was narrated by [[Ray Charles]]. Additionally, a CD-ROM game based on the book was released in 1995 by [[Davidson & Associates|Davidson]] and [[Simon & Schuster]] Interactive.
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[[Weston Woods Studios]] made its own animated musical short film adaptation, which was inspired by the original book in 1999, with music composed and performed by [[Crystal Taliefero]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (2002) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX2ypolachQ |language=en |access-date=2022-08-11}}</ref>

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[[Weston Woods Studios]] made an animated musical short film adaptation of the book in 1999, with music composed and performed by [[Crystal Taliefero]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (2002) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX2ypolachQ |language=en |access-date=2022-08-11}}</ref>

A 2005 episode of the Nick Jr. series ''[[Blue's Room]]'' entitled "Alphabet Power" featured the letters from the book (in puppet form) visiting Blue and her friends. The book ''Chicka Chicka ABC'' is also read towards the end of the episode.

''Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho'', a [[Christmas]]-themed retelling of the story written by [[William Boniface]] and illustrated by Julien Cheng in which the letters are decorations on a [[Christmas tree]], was published on October 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chicka-Chicka-Ho-Ho-Ho/William-Boniface/Chicka-Chicka-Book-A/9781665954761 |title=Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho |date=2024-10-01 |isbn=978-1-6659-5476-1 |language=en}}</ref> Two more books entitled ''Chicka Chicka I Love Mom'' and ''Chicka Chicka I Love Dad'' will be published on March 11, 2025.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chicka-Chicka-I-Love-Mom/Bill-Martin/Chicka-Chicka-Book-A/9781665966832 |title=Chicka Chicka I Love Mom |date=2025-03-11 |isbn=978-1-6659-6683-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Chicka-Chicka-I-Love-Dad/Bill-Martin/Chicka-Chicka-Book-A/9781665966856 |title=Chicka Chicka I Love Dad |date=2025-03-11 |isbn=978-1-6659-6685-6 |language=en}}</ref>


==Album==
==Album==
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In 1992, Archambault released an album composed of several songs based on the storybook entitled ''Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs'', along with musician [[David Plummer (musician)|David Plummer]]. It was named a 1992 "Notable Children's Recording [[American Library Association]] and in 1993, won a [[Parents' Choice Award]].<ref>{{cite news|title=For Halloween, learning about skeletons, and some tips on the art of the pumpkin|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/111949584.html?dids=111949584:111949584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+14%2C+1994&author=Molly+Dunham+Glassman&pub=The+Sun&desc=For+Halloween%2C+learning+about+skeletons%2C+and+some+tips+on+the+art+of+the+pumpkin&pqatl=google|access-date=1 March 2013|newspaper=The Sun – Baltimore, Md.|date=Oct 14, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Notable children's recording|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9706230189/notable-childrens-recordings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104094225/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9706230189/notable-childrens-recordings|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|publisher=Emergency Librarian|access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> Its main track was the title song ''Chicka Chicka Boom Boom'', which was the book's title.
In 1992, Archambault released an album composed of several songs based on the storybook entitled ''Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs'', along with musician [[David Plummer (musician)|David Plummer]]. It was named a 1992 "Notable Children's Recording [[American Library Association]] and in 1993, won a [[Parents' Choice Award]].<ref>{{cite news|title=For Halloween, learning about skeletons, and some tips on the art of the pumpkin|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/111949584.html?dids=111949584:111949584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+14%2C+1994&author=Molly+Dunham+Glassman&pub=The+Sun&desc=For+Halloween%2C+learning+about+skeletons%2C+and+some+tips+on+the+art+of+the+pumpkin&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411161725/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/111949584.html?dids=111949584:111949584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+14,+1994&author=Molly+Dunham+Glassman&pub=The+Sun&desc=For+Halloween,+learning+about+skeletons,+and+some+tips+on+the+art+of+the+pumpkin&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|access-date=1 March 2013|newspaper=The Sun – Baltimore, Md.|date=Oct 14, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Notable children's recording|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9706230189/notable-childrens-recordings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104094225/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9706230189/notable-childrens-recordings|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|publisher=Emergency Librarian|access-date=1 March 2013}}</ref> Its main track was the title song ''Chicka Chicka Boom Boom'', which was the book's title.


===Track list===
===Track list===
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Latest revision as of 06:57, 4 December 2024

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Cover for the original book.
AuthorBill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
IllustratorLois Ehlert
LanguageEnglish
SeriesChicka Chicka Books
GenreChildren's picture book
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
September 14, 1989
Publication placeUnited States
Pages36
ISBN1-55924-577-8
OCLC19262991
Followed byChicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is an American children's picture book written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert,[1] and published by Simon & Schuster in 1989. The book teaches the alphabet through rhyming couplets, and charted The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books in 2000.[2]

Plot

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An anthropomorphic lowercase alphabet climb up a coconut tree in order, but their increasing weight makes the tree lean over, causing themselves to fall out of it. Shortly after, the uppercase letters (depicted as their parental figures) rush to aid the lowercase letters and rescue them from the pile.

While putting the tree back to its upright position and leaving the place, again in alphabetical order, many of the letters are revealed to have suffered from certain injuries, including "d" with a skinned knee, "e" with a stubbed toe, "f" wearing a bandage, "g" being out of breath, "h" and "i" tangled together, "j" and "k" crying in pain, "l" being knotted, "m" being looped, "n" being stooped, "o" being twisted, "p" having a black eye, and "t" having a loose tooth.

Later that night, the letter "a" gets up and climbs back up the coconut tree, proposing a double dare on the rest of the alphabet to catch him.

[edit]

An abridged version of the book entitled Chicka Chicka ABC was published in 1990, which contains the first half of the original story up to the point where the alphabet falls out of the coconut tree.[3] A follow-up book teaching numbers, entitled Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3, was published on July 2, 2004, with Michael Sampson as author in addition to Martin Jr. and Ehlert.[4]

Several audiobook versions are available, one of which was narrated by Ray Charles. Additionally, a CD-ROM game based on the book was released in 1995 by Davidson and Simon & Schuster Interactive.

Weston Woods Studios made an animated musical short film adaptation of the book in 1999, with music composed and performed by Crystal Taliefero.[5]

A 2005 episode of the Nick Jr. series Blue's Room entitled "Alphabet Power" featured the letters from the book (in puppet form) visiting Blue and her friends. The book Chicka Chicka ABC is also read towards the end of the episode.

Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho, a Christmas-themed retelling of the story written by William Boniface and illustrated by Julien Cheng in which the letters are decorations on a Christmas tree, was published on October 1, 2024.[6] Two more books entitled Chicka Chicka I Love Mom and Chicka Chicka I Love Dad will be published on March 11, 2025.[7][8]

Album

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs
Cover showing coconut tree
Studio album by
John Archambault and David Plummer
Released2000
Recorded1991–1992
GenreChildren's music
LabelYoungheart Records
ProducerDavid Plummer & John Archambault

In 1992, Archambault released an album composed of several songs based on the storybook entitled Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs, along with musician David Plummer. It was named a 1992 "Notable Children's Recording American Library Association and in 1993, won a Parents' Choice Award.[9][10] Its main track was the title song Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, which was the book's title.

Track list

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No.TitleLength
1."Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"2:25
2."ABC Song"0:54
3."Braggin' Dragon"2:20
4."Helicopter Man"2:23
5."Merry-Go-Round"2:36
6."Didgereedoo"3:08
7."Counting Sheep"2:25
8."B-A-Bay"1:51
9."5 Little Monkeys"0:19
10."Here Comes Another One"3:00
11."Saturday Night At The Fair"2:01
12."Jump Rope Rhymes"2:00
13."Chicka Chicka Funk"3:36

References

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  1. ^ "JohnArchambault.com <Books Written with Bill Martin, Jr.>". Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-22. John Archambault: Books
  2. ^ "Best Sellers : December 17, 2000". The New York Times. December 17, 2000. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ^ Martin, Bill (1993). Chicka chicka a b c (First Little Simon board book ed.). New York, New York: Little Simon. ISBN 0-671-87893-X.
  4. ^ Martin, Bill (2004). Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3 (First ed.). New York, New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-689-85881-7.
  5. ^ Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (2002), retrieved 2022-08-11
  6. ^ Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho. 2024-10-01. ISBN 978-1-6659-5476-1.
  7. ^ Chicka Chicka I Love Mom. 2025-03-11. ISBN 978-1-6659-6683-2.
  8. ^ Chicka Chicka I Love Dad. 2025-03-11. ISBN 978-1-6659-6685-6.
  9. ^ "For Halloween, learning about skeletons, and some tips on the art of the pumpkin". The Sun – Baltimore, Md. Oct 14, 1994. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Notable children's recording". Emergency Librarian. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
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