Tikki Tikki Tembo
Tikki Tikki Tembo
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Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
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 worldArlene Mosel was born in 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a librarian and author who collaborated with Blair Lent on two award-winning children's picture books: Tikki Tikki Tembo, which received the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and was named an ALA Notable Book as well as a New York Times Best Children's Book, and The Funny Little Lady, which won the Caldecott Medal and a 1974 Hans Christian Andersen International Children's Book Award.
SKU | Unavailable |
ISBN 13 | 9780805023459 |
ISBN 10 | 0805023453 |
Title | Tikki Tikki Tembo |
Author | Arlene Mosel |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Paperback |
Publisher | Henry Holt & Company |
Year published | 1992-11-15 |
Number of pages | 48 |
Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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