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''Chicka Chicka Boom Boom'' is a bestselling children's book written by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert,〔http://www.johnarchambault.com/books1.html John Archambault: Books〕 and published by Simon & Schuster in 1989. The book features anthropomorphized letters. == Summary == The 26 lower-case letters climb up a coconut tree in alphabetical order, until the tree bends so much, causing all 26 letters to fall out of the tree. The uppercase letters (the older relatives of the letters climbing the tree) come to help them. Again alphabetically, it describes each letter's injury, including: *"D" having skinned-knee *"E" having a stubbed toe *"F" becoming patched up *"G" all out of breath *"H" and "I" getting tangled together *"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 *"T" having a loose tooth *"U", "V" and "W" wiggle-jiggling free At night, the letter "A" gets up and climbs back up the coconut tree, dare(-)double(-)daring the other letters to catch him. The book is notable for its rhyming structure which is reminiscent of the jazz vocal improvisation technique known as scat singing. An audio book version is also available, narrated by Ray Charles. A CD-ROM version 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 and contains the first half of the full story. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chicka Chicka Boom Boom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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