Dancing letters to the rescue

Chikka Chikka Boom Boom was one of my son's first books. He instantly loved it -- okay, he loved chewing it, but it survived the baby years to become one of his favorite bedtime stories. The plot: letters climb up (and fall down) a coconut tree. Weird premise, but by the third pass I'd memorized the lines. Like a good pop song, it had an irresistible "hook."

Anyway, I found a cool animated version of Chikka Chikka Boom Boom on YouTube. It's good for 5 minutes of emergency entertainment -- long enough for me to take an important business call without him grabbing the phone and screaming "Hi, I'm here!"

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[April Lim]

I can totally relate to the chewing part. David loves chewing up his books :D