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Name: Tikki Tikki Tembo

Author: Arlene Mosel
Year: 1968
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Popularity: 3.9
Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Award winners, Classic
Culture: China, Asia

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ISBN:
9780312367480
9780590631938
9780805023459
9780812422887
0312367481
0590631934
0805023453
0812422880
Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book in 1968.

When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
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