Tikki Tikki Tembo

Description: Amazon.com Review If you haven't already read Tikki Tikki Tembo, you've probably heard at least someone recite the deliriously long name of its protagonist: Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo, by now a famous refrain in most nursery schools. In this beautiful edition--complete with line and wash illustrations by artist Blair Lent--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 ... (more)

Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Release date: 15 March 1968
ISBN-10 : 0805006621 | ISBN-13: 9780805006629

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