Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel at Tiddley Widdley Toy & Book Store (Children's Books)

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Arlene Mosel retells an old Chinese folktale about how the people of China came to give their children short names after traditionally giving their "first and honored" sons grand, long names.

Tikki tikki tembo (which means "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world") and his brother Chang (which means "little or nothing") get into trouble with a well, are saved by the Old Man with the Ladder, and change history while they're at it.

Tikki Tikki Tembo is a perfect book to read aloud, but don't be surprised if you find yourself joining the ranks of its chanting followers.

1968 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Winner

Excerpt:
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, it was the custom of all the fathers and mothers in China to give their first and honored sons great long names.

Details:
Written by Arlene Mosel
Illustrated by Blair Lent
Reading level: Infant-Preschool
Paperback: 32 pages; Chinese Folk Tale
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Language: English
ISBN: 0805011668

Winner of the Horn Book Award for Illustration (1968)

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