Recommended Age: 4+
Format: Hardcover
This book starts "once upon a time, a long, long time ago..." and is set in China. The story says the tradition then was to give the first born son the longest name they could, and the second born son a really short one. The story focuses on a mother who had two sons. The first one was named Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo and her second son named Chang. One day the boys were playing near the well and Chang fell in. Tikki tikki tembo, got his mother, and retrieved an old man with a ladder to save his brother. However, a few months later, Tikki tikki tembo fell into the well and when Chang went to tell his mother, he ran out of breath trying to yell Tikki tikki tembo's name. When he finally went to go get the old man with the ladder, he also had trouble communicating his brother's name. They finally got him out of the well, but it took him a long time to recover. This event started a new tradition of giving all of their children short names. This is a classic book to read in preschool. Children love when it is time to say Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo and they will join in with the parts they can say.The images are colorful, very detailed, and really interesting to look at. This book will make a good book to read for preschool story time.
Link to purchase this book: http://www.amazon.com/Tikki-Tembo-Arlene-Mosel/dp/0805006621/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1337105651&sr=8-1
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