Cover of Tikki Tikki Tembo

Tikki Tikki Tembo

by Arlene Mosel

1968 41 pages eng ★ 4.5 (12 ratings)

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

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