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PreS-Gr 2 A counting-book companion to Martin and Ehlert's Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom (S & S, 1989). The cut-paper art is almost identical to the earlier work, right down to the use of vibrant splashes of color. The layout will also be familiar to that title's many fans. At the center of the story this time, however, is an apple tree. Numerals race to the top with 1, 2, and 3 leading the way. Next come 4, 5, and 6 climbing right behind, but "Chicka Chicka...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In the immensely popular Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (rev. 1/90), the letters of the alphabet climb up a coconut tree and come crashing down. Substitute numbers for letters, an apple tree for the coconut tree, and co-writer Michael Sampson for John Archambault, and you have Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3. As numbers (all the way up to 99) ascend the tree, zero frets below: "Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3... Will there be a place for me?...Log In or Sign Up to Read More