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Boom Chicka Rock
Boom Chicka Rock
Author: John Archambault, Suzanne Tanner Chitwood (Illustrator)
The numbers on the clock come alive as the mice scurry for food while the cat sleeps. — Boom Chicka Rock teaches young children to count through the lively antics of mice who live behind the numbers on a clock. The characters seem to leap off the pages with the use of dance styles that include everything from the jitterbug to the tango. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780439853774
ISBN-10: 043985377X
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 32
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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savedbyhisblood avatar reviewed Boom Chicka Rock on + 36 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
a cute counting book
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Helpful Score: 2
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-At night, mice wearing numbers emerge one by one from the kitchen clock. Ready to play, they prepare for a rollicking party with birthday cake served on the good china, but they have to be wary of Max the cat. Predictably, the feline awakens, with readers becoming aware of this fact before the rodents do. It is not clear why, but they must return to the clock by midnight, because "Tomorrow can't begin/Till every hour is home/And every number's tucked in," thus providing an element of suspense to the tale. The rollicking refrain-"Boom Chicka Rock, Chicka Rock, Chicka Boom!"-will have children moving to the rhythm, but at times the rhymes seem forced. Unfortunately, too many details clutter the text-the mice refer to Max by name and also as Lion. The numerous references to dances are fun-the Electric Slide, the Bunny Hop, Tango, Fandango-but again, complicate the verses. Chitwood's patterned collage illustrations are set against neutral backgrounds. They have an appealing textural quality and successfully convey the movement and drama of the story. There are echoes of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (S & S, 1989) here-with numbers instead of the alphabet, but this book lacks the earlier work's elegant simplicity.
Robin L. Gibson, formerly at Perry County District Library, New Lexington, OH
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reviewed Boom Chicka Rock on + 11 more book reviews
Not a bad book. Cute rhyming words and numbers, but a little confusing story because the mice live in the clock? Worth a read but then pass it along.
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Fun, rhyming book. Kids will love it.
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When the cat's away (or in this case asleep). The mice will play! Great book to introduce numbers/time or when you just want a very fun read aloud book for young children!


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