Tikki Tikki Tembo by Blair Lent

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Blair Lent

This humorous retelling of a favorite folktale recounts how the Chinese came to give their children short names. Beautifully illustrated, this perfect read-aloud storybook is one adults and children will enjoy sharing together again and again.When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the name of a mother's first, and most honored, son. It means, the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world

Blair Lent has received many illustration awards, including three Caldecott Honors and the Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel. He also illustrated Ms. Mosel's Tikki Tikki Tembo, a best-seller since its publication in 1968. Mr.Lent's work in Ruby and Fred, and in The Beastly Feast by Bruce Goldstone, was influenced by carved wooden animals made by artisans near Oaxaca, Mexico. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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ISBN 13	9780805011661
ISBN 10	0805011668
Title	Tikki Tikki Tembo
Author	Blair Lent
Series	An Owlet Book
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Henry Holt And Co. (Byr)
Year published	1989-09-15
Number of pages	48
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