Synopses & Reviews
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!
Three 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. Tikki Tikki Tembo is the winner of the 1968 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.
Review
"Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the full name of the firstborn son in the Chinese family of this story....This old folktale of what happens when the boy falls into a well...should make excellent read-aloud material....Bright, active, and delightfully expressive."--
School Library Journal
Review
"Just right for storytelling and tongue-twisting repeating, and . . . for reading aloud."--
Kirkus (pointer)
"Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the full name of the firstborn son in the Chinese family of this story.... This old folktale of what happens when the boy falls into a well... should make excellent read-aloud material.... Bright, active, and delightfully expressive." --School Library Journal
"On spacious, uncluttered pages the artist has extended the story with wonderfully droll ink-and-wash drawings that combine imaginative beauty with a true Chinese spirit."--The Horn Book
Review
"Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the full name of the firstborn son in the Chinese family of this story....This old folktale of what happens when the boy falls into a well...should make excellent read-aloud material....Bright, active, and delightfully expressive."--School Library Journal "Just right for storytelling and tongue-twisting repeating, and . . . for reading aloud."--Kirkus Reviews "On spacious, uncluttered pages the artist has extended the story with wonderfully droll ink-and-wash drawings that combine imaginative beauty with a true Chinese spirit."--The Horn Book
Review
"Just right for storytelling and tongue-twisting repeating, and . . . for reading aloud."--
Kirkus (pointer)
"Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the full name of the firstborn son in the Chinese family of this story.... This old folktale of what happens when the boy falls into a well... should make excellent read-aloud material.... Bright, active, and delightfully expressive." --School Library Journal
"On spacious, uncluttered pages the artist has extended the story with wonderfully droll ink-and-wash drawings that combine imaginative beauty with a true Chinese spirit."--The Horn Book
Review
“This book and CD combination…encourages children to retell the story to others (thus developing their oral language skills)…This is a very popular story that children will enjoy hearing and telling over and over.” - Parents' Choice Awards, 2009 Parents' Choice Approved Award Winner
“The Oscar-winners reading voice is absolutely lovely. She has such fun with the story - and with the repeated pronunciation of “Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo” - that youll have no problem listening again and again.” - Cookie Magazine
"Young children will love hearing the audio again and again and families will play it over and over because this classic suits all ages." - Chapel Hill Herald
"Macmillan Audio has taken a classic that is over 40 years old and added new life to TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO...Read by actress Marcia Gay Harden, kids and adults alike can enjoy the tongue twister of a name story that many of us have grown up with." - TeensReadToo.com
"Marcia Gay Harden provides wonderful narration, giving each character a distinctive voice." - School Library Journal
"Marcia Gay Harden's reading will remind the parents of young listeners why Arlene Mosel's book has entertained since 1968." - AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner
Synopsis
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!
Three 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.
Synopsis
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!
Three 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.
Synopsis
Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!
Three 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.
Synopsis
This re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale has hooked children who love hearing about Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo.
Synopsis
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 mothers first, and most honored, son. It means, "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world!"
About the Author
Arlene Mosel (1921-1996) first heard the story of Tikki tikki tembo as a child. When she grew up, she shared this wonderful tale with countless children, including her own. Because so many young listeners responded enthusiastically, she decided to write her own retelling, and
Tikki Tikki Tembo became her first book for children. The book was named an American Library Association Notable Book and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In 1997,
The New York Times named it one of the best 50 childrens books of the previous 50 years. Mosel was also the author of
The Funny Little Woman, which won the 1973 Caldecott Medal for Blair Lents illustrations and was recognized as an Honor Book by the Hans Christian Andersen International Childrens Book Awards. Mosel was an associate professor of library science at Case Western Reserve University. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mosel died in Indianapolis in 1996.
Blair Lent began illustrating picture books in the 1960s. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1973 for
The Funny Little Woman, by Arlene Mosel, and has also been awarded three Caldecott Honors. He lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts.