Books like Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3

This book followed the very popular Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. that was a story about the alphabet going up to the top of a coconut tree. Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3, is obviously similar, but with numbers. This is a fun book to read with fun rhymes and a great rhythm. It puts a fun, personal, and creative spin on young students learning their numbers, but I still kept comparing it to the original. This book, instead of a coconut tree, the numbers climb up an apple tree and it’s just not the same. I love the brightly colored illustrations and the simple words, it is perfect for lower elementary. What surprised me was that they started counting by tens, which seems to be slightly too complicated for the age range I thought they were intending to reach. This aside, it is a good book to have in your classroom for students to access.