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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
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Arlene Mosel1921-1996 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, andTikki Tikki Tembobecame
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 Timesnamed it one of the
best 50 children’s books of the previous 50 years. Mosel was also
the author ofThe 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.Blair Lentbegan illustrating picture books
in the 1960s. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1973
forThe Funny Little Woman, by Arlene Mosel, and has
also been awarded three Caldecott Honors. He lives and works in
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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