However, a lot of them have distinct character traits that make them interesting, such as Loose-Tooth T. They all have great personalities, but fall somewhat short to the incredible character achievement that is A.

We meet other characters as the story goes along, such as B and C for example. Martin Jr is well aware of this, and introduces A accordingly. He is a simple character with a simple mission, and because of this, a backstory or other form of overly long character background check isn't necessary. As soon as A is introduced, we're immediately shown his motivations and his end goal, without any dillydallying. What I enjoy the most about Bill Martin Jr's novel is how it doesn't waste any time. At the beginning of the story, we meet our protagonist, 'A', who's goal is to beat all the other letters to the top of the coconut tree.

The use of these literary devices and bright and fun illustrations makes this book a great text to use for teaching the alphabet to kindergartners, first graders, and second graders.Ĭhicka Chicka Boom Boom is an incredibly deep commentary on human instincts, written superbly by the great Bill Martin Jr. This book is great to use when teaching the alphabet because of its use of repetition and rhyming. Furthermore, the book jumps right into the story without unnecessary dialogue. The color of the letters in the text also correlates with the letters in the pictures. Then, at night, letter “A” dares the other letters to catch him while he climbs the coconut tree.Ĭhicka Chicka Boom Boom is an alphabet picture book because the story is told through the use of bright pictures and text. Each of the lower-case letters gets hurt during the fall from the tree and the book describes each letter’s injury. Then capital letters (the older relatives) help the lower-case letters back up into the tree. The lower-case letters climb up the tree, but the tree bends and the letters fall out. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a story about the alphabet letters climbing a coconut tree.

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