Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Martin, B., Archambault, J., & Ehlert, L. (20001989). Chicka chicka boom boom. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.

I picked Chicka Chicka Boom Boom because it is a very popular Children's book and came up on many list including the list in our book. It is used a lot in classroom's at the younger levels and is used during library readings often as well (according to my librarian at the Mt. Sterling Public Library). The format for the book is very cool  because it has a picture of a coconut tree on every page and the alphabet climbing up it one at a time but because the picture is a repetitive source in the book it would stand out in a child's mind. It also uses formatting to make certain parts of the book stand out, for example, it makes the alphabet in the writing BOLD while the other words are very plain and small.
It has a small rhyming technique within the book as well. "A told B, and B told C, "I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree." It is very great for students who are learning the alphabet and trying to remember the letters in order.
The book is VERY colorful which draws attentions to younger students because it has so much color within it and the layout is not overwhelming. It just has a couple sentences per page so students could read it to other students during story time or share time.

Students who are at a lower level you could use this book to ask what letters do they think would come next before you turn the page just to give students time to respond and think about the alphabet, but for H.O.T. (Higher Order Thinking) questions you could ask students to predict what happens at the end? Or you could have students draw the tree and predict the ending or have students respond by allowing them to come up with words that start with letters like A, B, C, and draw a picture as well as sounding out the words once you have completed the book and break them up in Jigsaw groups and have them share after each letter has been answered.