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{{talkpage}}Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a bestselling American children's book written by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert,[1] and published by Simon & Schuster in 1989. The book features anthropomorphized letters. The book charted on The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books in 2000.[2]
Contents

    1 Synopsis
    2 Story from the Book
    3 Impact
    4 Album
        4.1 Tracks
    5 References

Synopsis

The lowercase letters, A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z, climb up a coconut tree in alphabetical order, until their weight causes the tree to lean and all the letters fall out of the tree. Capital letters (the older relatives of the lowercase letters) come to rescue them. Again alphabetically, while being rescued, it describes some of the letters' injuries including: D having a skinned-knee, E having a stubbed toe, F being patched up, G being all out of breath, H and I being tangled up, J and K about to cry, L being knotted like a tie, M being looped, N being stooped, O being twisted alley-oop, P having a black eye, and T having a loose tooth.

Later at night, the letter A gets out of bed and starts climbing up the tree again.
Story from the Book

A told B,

and B told C,

"I'll meet you at the top

of the coconut tree."

"Wheeǃ" said D

to E F G,

"I'll beat you to the top

of the coconut tree."

Chicka chicka boom boomǃ

Will there be enough room?

Here comes H

up the coconut tree,

and I and J

and tag along K,

all on their way

up the coconut tree.

Chicka chicka, boom boomǃ

Will there be enough room?

Look who's comingǃ

L M N O Pǃ

And Q R Sǃ

And T U Vǃ

Still more--Wǃ

And X Y Zǃ

The whole alphabet

up the--Oh, noǃ

Chicka chicka...

BOOMǃ

BOOMǃ

Skit skat skoodle doot.

Flip flop flee.

Everybody running to the coconut tree.

Mamas and papas

and uncles and aunts

hug their little dears,

then dust their pants.

"Help us up,"

cried A B C.

Next from the pileup

skinned knee D

and stubbed toe E

and patched up F.

Then comes G

all out of breath.

H is tangled up with I.

J and K are about to cry.

L is knotted like a tie.

M is looped.

N is stooped.

O is twisted alley oop.

Skit skat skoodle doot.

Flip flop flee.

Look who's comingǃ

It's black eyed P,

Q R S,

and loose tooth T.

Then U V W

wiggle jiggle free.

Last to come

X Y Z.

And the sun goes down

on the coconut tree...

But--

chicka chicka boom boomǃ

Look, there's a full moon.

A is out of bed,

and this is what he said,

"Dare, double dare,

you can't catch me.

I'll beat you to the top

of the coconut tree."

Chicka chicka

BOOMǃ BOOMǃ
Impact

An audio book version is also available, narrated by Ray Charles.

A CD-ROM game was released in 1995 by Davidson and Simon & Schuster Interactive.

It inspired a 2004 sequel, Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3. A board book for toddlers, entitled Chicka, Chicka ABC was published in 1990, containing the first half of the full story, which ends up with all 26 letters falling out of the tree.

Weston Woods made an animated musical short film adaptation of the original book in 1999, with music composed and performed by Crystal Taliefero.
Album
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs
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Studio album by John Archambault and David Plummer
Released	2000
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	Children's music
Label	Youngheart Records
Producer	David Plummer & John Archambault

In 1992, along with musician David Plummer, Archambault released an album composed of several songs based on the storybook, entitled Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs. The album was named a 1992 "Notable Children’s Recording" by the American Library Association and in 1993, won a Parents' Choice Award.[3][4]
Tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"	 
2.	"ABC Song"	 
3.	"Braggin' Dragon"	 
4.	"Helicopter Man"	 
5.	"Merry-Go-Round"	 
6.	"Didgereedoo"	 
7.	"Counting Sheep"	 
8.	"B-A-Bay"	 
9.	"5 Little Monkeys"	 
10.	"Here Comes Another One"	 
11.	"Saturday Night At The Fair"	 
12.	"Jump Rope Rhymes"	 
13.	"Knick Knack Dappy Whack"	 
References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-02-22. John Archambault: Books
"Best Sellers: December 17, 2000". The New York Times. December 17, 2000. Retrieved 14 July 2020.