Despite some clever rhythms and wonderful collage compositions featuring expressive mouse characters, the plot of the story is so abstract that the inclusion of time seems to muddle rather than complement the counting rhyme. Stream songs including 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Original 1991', 'Teddy Bears Picnic' and more.
Nor does the body language of the mice indicate the dances mentioned at various points in the text. Listen to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Series Volume One - Old School Classics by John Archambault & David Plummer on Apple Music. 's line, "Climb over the Lion before it's too late/ And jitterbug over to the Birthday Cake!," the illustration shows neither cat nor cake and depicts only two of the eight rodents as they gleefully ride inside sugar and cereal bowls with wheels. Because there is such variance between what the text describes and what the illustrations depict, it's almost as if Archambault and Chitwood ( Wake Up, Big Barn! ) and only near the end of the book do readers discover that the 12 mice represent the hours on the clock ("Tomorrow can't begin/ Till every hour is home/ And every number's tucked in"). Without explanation, the characters go by various names (Max the cat is sometimes called Lion, the mouse is sometimes Hour Number One The repeated and infectious refrain-this time it's "Boom Chicka Rock, Chicka Rock, Chicka Boom!"-is engaging, but neither art nor text clarify the complicated plot and visual clues. Unfortunately, Tilly seems to quite enjoy this book so I’m stuck with reading aloud awkwardly not-rhyming prose for a little bit longer.Unfortunately, this confusing counting book makes a weak companion to Archambault's now classic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
The ending of this book makes zero sense to me. I also don’t understand what ‘chicka chicka boom boom’ means. Aunts and pants do not rhyme, and ‘z’ is pronounced ‘zed’ when I read this book aloud. I think this is for two main reasons: I don’t like made up words (which is one of the reasons why I HATE ‘Pajama Time’ by Sandra Boynton – what the hell kind of word is ‘pajammy’?! Ugh), and I don’t have an American accent, so there are a number of spots where things should rhyme and flow do not rhyme and flow. I think it’s a horrible book to read aloud. Yet another controversial kid lit opinion: I don’t like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Mummy always grimaces when I bring her the book. And when we finish the book, Mummy and Daddy sing the alphabet song, which I like. It’s so fun to listen to and the book is very colourful and good to look at. I often bring the book to Mummy or Daddy and say ‘boom boom’ which is their cue to start reading.
I love this book! It’s one of my favourite books right now. Baby librarian Tilly and her mum Jen review the classic children’s book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert.
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