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
關於作者:
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. 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.