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Tikki Tikki Tembo
Contributor(s): Mosel, Arlene (Author), Lent, Blair (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0312367481     ISBN-13: 9780312367480
Publisher: Square Fish
OUR PRICE:   $8.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2007
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Annotation: 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. The lovely drawings capture the beauty of rural China. Full color.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Country & Ethnic - General
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings
Dewey: 398.270
LCCN: 68011839
Lexile Measure: 910
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8" W x 9.8" (0.4 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Chinese
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 6095
Reading Level: 4.2   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-
chari 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. 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.

Tikki Tikki Tembo is the winner of the 1968 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.

Contributor Bio(s): Mosel, Arlene: - 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 children's books of the previous 50 years. 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. Mosel was an associate professor of library science at Case Western Reserve University. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mosel died in Indianapolis in 1996.Lent, Blair: - Blair Lent received the Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel. He has also received three Caldecott Honors. He is the illustrator of Ms. Mosel's Tikki Tikki Tembo, a bestseller since its publication in 1968. Blair Lent lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.