Tikki Tikki Tembo

Tikki Tikki Tembo

by Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator)
Trade Paperback, 45 pages
Price: $8.99

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. As the firstborn, his name must be spoken completely and reverently. But one day he falls into a well and his younger brother Cheng must run and get help. Will he be able to say the great long name fast enough to save his brother?

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Peyton R. of Oregon, 6/14/2016
It educated me on long names. Chinese names like tikki Tikki Tembo no sa rembo chari Bari ruchipip peri pembo. That is a long name??