

It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so short today. The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who falls into a well.

Urn:lcp:tikkitikkitembo00mose:lcpdf:3040034f-fbe2-4ba5-9ecc-747598370a69 Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier tikkitikkitembo00mose Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t24b43k2c Isbn 0590416227ĩ780590416221 Lccn 90122726 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Tikki Tikki Tembo is an old Chinese folktale retold by Arlene Mosel along with illustrations by Blair Lent and it is about how a young boy named Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruche-pip peri pembo (what a name) gets into big trouble because of his long name. Tikki Tikki Tembo is a 1968 picture book written by Arlene Mosel and illustrated by Blair Lent. The elder brother's name is 'Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo', which is not Chinese, but the book claims means 'The most wonderful thing in the whole wide world,' and the youngest is 'Chang', which apparently is Chinese, but does not actually mean 'Little' or 'Nothing'. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:23:11 Boxid IA113008 Boxid_2 CH111401 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition. A long time ago, in China, there lived two brothers called Sam and Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarimbo Hari Kari Bhushki Perry Pem Do Hai Kai Pom Pom Nikki No Meeno Dom Barako.
