An edition of Tikki Tikki Tembo (1968)

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An edition of Tikki Tikki Tembo (1968)

Tikki, Tikki, Tembo

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 12 Ratings
  • 87 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 27 Have read

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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Lectorum Publications
Language
Spanish

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Subjects
Folklore, picture book for children, children's stories, Neighbors, Mothers and sons, Brothers, Juvenile fiction, Wells, Ladders, Middle-born children, First-born children, Chinese Names, Rescues, Personal Names, Legends, Folklore, china, Picture books, Picture books for children, Folklore, juvenile literature, Chinese, Fiction, Children's fiction, Humorous stories, Mothers and sons, fiction
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China

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Cover of: Tikki Tikki Tembo
Tikki Tikki Tembo
January 1, 1994, Lectorum Publications
Library Binding in Spanish - Spanish Language edition
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Cover of: Tikki, Tikki, Tembo
Tikki, Tikki, Tembo
1994, Lectorum Publications
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Tikki Tikki Tembo
1989, H. Holt and Co., Holt, Rinehart and Winston
in English - 1st Owlet ed.
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Cover of: Tikki Tikki Tembo
Tikki Tikki Tembo
1968, Scholastic
in English
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Translation of: Tikki, Tikki, Tembo.

Adaptation of a Chinese folktale.

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1 v. (upaged) :

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OL22944730M
ISBN 10
1880507137
OCLC/WorldCat
30754868
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958006

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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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