Independent Reading Level (PK-K)
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award
Parenting Magazine's Best Books of the Year
Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Nominee

Genre
Counting books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Illustration
Big and bold
Colorful
Fanciful
Subject
Apple trees
Counting
Numbers
Tree climbing
Trees

I read this book growing up and had it read to me many times. I loved it and how it was fun to read. I feel that this book would be great for a kindergarten or first grade math class. This book helps students learn how to count, as well as teaching students the relationships between the numbers. ( )

Martin Jr., W. and Sampson, M. (2014). Chicka Chicka 1 2 3. New York: Little Simon.
This book piggy backs off of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom allowing the students to learn numbers in the same way they did their letters. It brings together the brightly colored pictures and numbers with the ability to learn how to count up to 101. The same sing song rhythm and rhyming as Chicka Chicka Boom Boom allows for a familiar way of learning through the combination of the arts and literacy. This story also shows the preschool reader that just because they are small like the number zero in the story they can make a difference in the world.

This book is a great book to help young students learn their numbers. It has vibrant and colorful pictures to help mirror the words throughout the book. This book is a great informational text for younger ages and to help them to stay interested. The book has rhyming and a good pattern to the word choosing. In my opinion it is like a visual song to help kids learn math. ( )