Written by: Arlene Mosel
First line: Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, it was
the custom of all the fathers and mothers in China to give their first and
honored sons great long names.
Why you should read this book: This classic and popular
retelling of an old Chinese legend recounts the perils of a boy with a
ridiculously long name—Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri
pembo—which, according to the text, means “the most wonder thing in the whole
wide world.” While fooling around, the boy’s younger brother falls into the
well, and is quickly rescued, but, when the same mishap befalls the older boy,
the time it takes to say his ridiculously long name means that it takes the adults
an extraordinarily long time to rescue him. Children love the repetition of the
strange name along with the interesting illustrations, evoking a distant era in
a foreign land.
Why you shouldn't read this book: Love both your children equally.
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