Chicka Chicka Boom Boom#Impact
{{Short description|1989 picture book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault and illustrated by Lois Ehlert}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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| image = Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.jpg
| caption = Cover for the original book.
| author = Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
| illustrator = Lois Ehlert
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| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Chicka Chicka Books
| subject =
| genre = Children's picture book
| publisher = Simon & Schuster
| pub_date = September 14, 1989
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| pages = 36
| isbn = 1-55924-577-8
| oclc = 19262991
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| preceded_by =
| followed_by = Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3
}}
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is an American children's picture book written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert,{{cite web |url=http://www.johnarchambault.com/books1.html |title=JohnArchambault.com
Plot
An anthropomorphic lowercase alphabet climbs up a coconut tree in order, but their increasing weight makes the tree lean over. When all of the letters are in the tree, it becomes unstable and causes them to fall out. Shortly after, their uppercase parental figures rush to aid the lowercase letters and rescue them from the pile.
As the tree returns to its upright position, the letters leave the pile, again in alphabetical order. While this happens, many of the letters are revealed to have suffered certain injuries from the fall. Later during the night, the letter "a" gets up and climbs back up the coconut tree, proposing a double dare on the rest of the alphabet to catch him.
Album
{{Infobox album
| name = Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs
| type = Studio album
| artist = John Archambault and David Plummer
| cover = Chicka-chicka.jpg
| alt = Cover showing coconut tree
| released = 2000
| recorded = 1991–1992
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| genre = Children's music
| length =
| label = Youngheart Records
| producer = David Plummer & John Archambault
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In 1992, Archambault released an album composed of several songs based on the storybook entitled Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs, along with musician David Plummer. It was named a 1992 "Notable Children's Recording American Library Association and in 1993, won a Parents' Choice Award.{{cite news|title=For Halloween, learning about skeletons, and some tips on the art of the pumpkin|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/111949584.html?dids=111949584:111949584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+14%2C+1994&author=Molly+Dunham+Glassman&pub=The+Sun&desc=For+Halloween%2C+learning+about+skeletons%2C+and+some+tips+on+the+art+of+the+pumpkin&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411161725/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/111949584.html?dids=111949584:111949584&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+14,+1994&author=Molly+Dunham+Glassman&pub=The+Sun&desc=For+Halloween,+learning+about+skeletons,+and+some+tips+on+the+art+of+the+pumpkin&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|access-date=1 March 2013|newspaper=The Sun – Baltimore, Md.|date=Oct 14, 1994}}{{cite web|title=Notable children's recording|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9706230189/notable-childrens-recordings|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104094225/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9706230189/notable-childrens-recordings|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2013|publisher=Emergency Librarian|access-date=1 March 2013}} Its main track was the title song Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, which was the book's title.
=Track list=
{{track listing
| headline1 =
| title1 = Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
| writer1 =
| length1 = 2:25
| title2 = ABC Song
| writer2 =
| length2 = 0:54
| title3 = Braggin' Dragon
| writer3 =
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = Helicopter Man
| writer4 =
| length4 = 2:23
| title5 = Merry-Go-Round
| writer5 =
| length5 = 2:36
| title6 = Didgereedoo
| writer6 =
| length6 = 3:08
| title7 = Counting Sheep
| writer7 =
| length7 = 2:25
| title8 = B-A-Bay
| writer8 =
| length8 = 1:51
| title9 = 5 Little Monkeys
| writer9 =
| length9 = 0:19
| title10 = Here Comes Another One
| writer10 =
| length10 = 3:00
| title11 = Saturday Night At The Fair
| writer11 =
| length11 = 2:01
| title12 = Jump Rope Rhymes
| writer12 =
| length12 = 2:00
| title13 = Chicka Chicka Funk
| writer13 =
| length13 = 3:36
}}