![]() It is a funny story and Sooraj and I had a great time saying 'Tikki Tikki Tembo's full name in rhyme. After this near disaster incident, according to the legend, Chinese decided to name even their first sons with rather small and easy names. Finally help arrives and Tikki Tikki Tembo is rescued but, he takes many months to recover. Both of them make the second son say his brother's full name before listening to him say what the problem is. The same problem arises when the second son runs to tell the man with the ladder. Since, he is panting - he takes a long time to tell his brother long name and say that he has fallen into the well. The second son runs as fast as he can and tries to tell his mother that his elder brother has fallen into the well. After many months, now the first son - 'Tikki Tikki Tembo', falls into the well. Chang gets well very soon, since help came fast and quick. The man comes as fast as he can, and slowly takes out Chang from the well. One day, while the kids are playing, Chang falls into a well and his mother ask the 'Tikki Tikki Tembo.' son to go call the man with the ladder. The rather long and windy name means - 'most wonderful thing in the whole world' and the small name Chang means 'nothing'. ![]() In this story, the mother names her first son, take a deep breath - ' Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo'. As per the book, this picture book is based on a Chinese folk tale.Īs the story goes - long, long ago - the Chinese used to keep long names for their first sons and a small or insignificant name to their second ones. Blair Lent lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Ĭustomers who bought this item also bought.The name Tikki Tikki Tembo immediately brings to mind a rather funny and interesting story. Mosel's Tikki Tikki Tembo, a bestseller since its publication in 1968. He has also received three Caldecott Honors. Lent, Blair: - Blair Lent received the Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mosel died in Indianapolis in 1996. Mosel was an associate professor of library science at Case Western Reserve University. Mosel was also the author of The Funny Little Woman, which won the 1973 Caldecott Medal for Blair Lent's illustrations and was recognized as an Honor Book by the Hans Christian Andersen International Children's Book Awards. In 1997, The New York Times named it one of the best 50 children's books of the previous 50 years. The book was named an American Library Association Notable Book and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Because so many young listeners responded enthusiastically, she decided to write her own retelling, and Tikki Tikki Tembo became her first book for children. When she grew up, she shared this wonderful tale with countless children, including her own. Tikki Tikki Tembo is the winner of the 1968 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Mosel, Arlene: - Arlene Mosel (1921-1996) first heard the story of Tikki Tikki Tembo as a child. ![]() Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic has hooked legions of children, teachers, and parents, who return, generation after generation, to learn about the danger of having such an honorable name as Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo. Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5Ĭhari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo Five decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8" W x 9.8" (0.40 lbs) 48 pagesįeatures: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian Lexile Measure: 910 AD (Adult Directed Text) Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General The lovely drawings capture the beauty of rural China. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Now available in paperback, this classic Chinese legend tells the story of a boy who nearly drowns in a well because his brother cannot pronounce his very, very long name fast enough for an old man to save him. Contributor(s): Mosel, Arlene (Author), Lent, Blair (Illustrator)
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