Book details

Macmillan Children's Book

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Author: Arlene Mosel; Illustrated by Blair Lent

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Tikki Tikki Tembo

About This Book

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

Page Count
48
On Sale
03/15/1968
Age Range
4-8

Book Details

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 shout the name of 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.

Imprint Publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

ISBN

9780805006629

In The News

“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....This old folktale of what happens when the boy falls into a well...should make excellent read-aloud material....Bright, active, and delightfully expressive.” —School Library Journal

“Just right for storytelling and tongue-twisting repeating, and . . . for reading aloud.” —Kirkus Reviews

“On spacious, uncluttered pages the artist has extended the story with wonderfully droll ink-and-wash drawings that combine imaginative beauty with a true Chinese spirit.” —The Horn Book

About the Creators

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Tikki Tikki Tembo