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Tikki Tikki Tembo | 
| Author: Arlene Mosel
Creator: Blair Lent
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 64289
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.7 x 0.5
ISBN: 0805006621
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.270951
EAN: 9780805006629
ASIN: 0805006621
Publication Date: March 15, 1968
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Amazon.com Review
If you haven't already read ITikki Tikki Tembo,/I 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 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. ITikki Tikki Tembo/I is a perfect book to read aloud, but don't be surprised if you find yourself joining the ranks of its chanting followers. I(Picture book)/I
Product Description
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-brchari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!brbrThree decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale 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.br
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 Best childrens book I have ever read January 5, 2009
Tikki Tikki Tembo was bought for my daughter (now 33) when she was 4 years old. I spent hours reading the story to her and we recited the name so many times that she still remembers the story.br /br /The good news is she informed me that she is expecting her first child this summer and Tikki Tikki Tembo is the first book I have bought for the new baby.
 Just like I remember December 12, 2008
I looked for this book after talking with a friend about our favorite books as kids. It arrived and is exactly the same as I remembered. Love it. Some things never change!
Fun Story! October 28, 2008
I remember reading this story to my children and now purchased it for my grandchildren. We had a lot of fun reading the story and reciting Tikki Tikki Tembo's name. It brought back fond memories and the tradition of repeating this looooong name with much emphasis on each syllable will continue for another generation.
Classic October 9, 2008
Great book... love to read to kids. They love to hear the lesson and still enjoy it each time we read it together
it's the details September 3, 2008
I recall this book fondly from my childhood and my four year old loves listening to me read it to him. He's a sucker for repeated phrases anyhow, but now as a mom to two boys (both with long names) I am reveling again in the wonderful details in the pictures- the shapes of the kites, the frog and fish in the well, the wonderful illustration of the dream the old man with the ladder is trying to recall as Chang tries to wake him up... and at least for my boys, it sets the tone of how two brothers play and look after each other. I just wish I could find my original record that went with my falling-apart old book so that my boys could experience it the way I did so many years ago.
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