Day 24: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Tiferet in Netzach, Compassion in Endurance
I read this book to my kids so many times between 2018-2021 that I have it memorized. At a certain point, just reciting it for them could help them fall asleep. What I love about it is the resilience and determination. Halfway through the book, all the letters make it up the coconut tree, but their weight tips the tree and they all fall to the ground. Hurt and jumbled, the lower case letters find compassion and care from their upper case grown ups ("mamas and papas and uncles and aunts") who come running to help. As quickly as they fell - despite skinned knees, stubbed toes, and black eyes - the letters all begin climbing the tree again, determined to succeed. By the time the sun goes down on the coconut tree, they have all successfully made it to the top.
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