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Tikki Tikki Tembo book & CD set (MacMillan Young Listeners) By Arlene Mosel(A)/Blair Lent(N) [Audiobook] Audio CD – January 21, 2009

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Unabridged story on CD read by Marcia Gay Harden. This classic Chinese legend tells the story of a boy who nearly drowns in a well because his brother cannot pronounce his very, very long name fast enough for an old man to save him. The lovely drawings capture the beauty of rural China. Full color.

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ASIN : B004EBJAKM
Publisher : Unabridged Audiobook (January 21, 2009)

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PeaceBang

This Classic Is Actually Pretty Racist

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2020

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Wow, I hadn't realized as a kid how racist this book is. I bought it out of nostalgia and it occurred to me that this might be a Westerner's insulting take on Chinese custom and in fact, it is. The original tale is Japanese, not Chinese, and the adoration lavished on the older son to the detriment of the younger son (who is neglected) that is supposed to represent Chinese culture and practice is an invention.

Time to retire this one. Don't perpetuate negative stereotypes about Asians. There are much better books out there.

46 people found this helpful

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Barbara R

Fun book

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018

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Great book. This is fun to read and has a nice lesson. As a reading specialist and English teacher, I wish the critics and book banners would go away. So what if it is not completely authentic. It's a fiction book not a history or cultural lesson. It makes me wonder what these people read to children because if everything has to be totally accurate, animals don't talk, and then there is Santa, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny...get it?

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Gwendolyn R. Mendyk

The story is dark

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2018

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I remember this book from childhood and loved it. The name of the little boy is oh so fun to say BUT as an adult the message of this book is horrifying. The mom is absent and neglectful of her younger son, the prized first son is left permenantly scared, and no one learns a lesson except to give the first favored son a short name...I’m sorry what?!? This book did not stand the test of time for me. But I would love to see it revised with a different ending. The illustrations are lovely and well tiki tiki tembo is super fun to say.

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The Huntington Book Depository

There's is no greater power move than making your child read the books you read as a kid!

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2020

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I joke, but it's actually really fun to stumble across a book that you remember reading as a kid, or from a Reading Rainbow you watched as a kid, and dust it off for your own children. 9 times out of 10, they love it as much as you did, and it mops the floor with a lot of the newer children's books out there. This book is a classic, a catchy, tongue-tier of a read that your child will love repeating with you as you read the refrain aloud. My three year old can't get enough of this nostalgia trip, so I'd recommend to any modern parent out there!

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Jaimie

John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2014

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In a nutshell: Tikki Tikki Tembo as retold by Arlene Mosel is a fabled Chinese fable about two little brothers. The oldest one is purportedly given a long impressive name meaning “The Most Wonderful Thing in the Whole Wide World” as he is to inherit his parents’ beloved possessions. His younger brother is considered some sort of back-up and is given a short name (Chang) which means “Little or Nothing” or Clueless Playmate or something. Wiki-the-source-of-all-truth-pedia, states that the book is controversial because it may be a Japanese story told about China and does not portray Chinese culture accurately. I plan to seek guidance from my Chinese family members on where this story lands on the offensiveness scale.

So,the boys are monkeying around and Clueless Playmate falls into the well. Golden Boy runs to his mother and they get a ladder-wielding-tree-napping-old-man to save him named “Old Man With The Ladder.” He pumps the boy’s leg like a water pump to revive him which must be some sort of olden time CPR.

Of course the little boys are monkeying around in the bathtub AGAIN, I mean near the well, despite the close brush with death and this time Golden Boy falls into the well. His brother runs for help and after repeating John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt four or five times, almost passes out from exhaustion, leaving his evil mother childless. Fortunately, Old Man With The Ladder comes to his senses and rescues Golden Boy with the same water pump CPR procedure.

And the story concludes that this is why Chinese families name their kids little, short names.

Families can talk about: How would you feel if your name meant Little or Nothing? Do you know what your name means? Why is the mom so mean and dismissive of the younger brother? Why don’t the little boys mind their mother? Do you mind your mother? How confident are you about that answer? What is your game plan if you fall into a well or deep water? What should you do? And if you see your brother fall in? Why do you think swimming lessons are important? Which is more fun to say: Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo or John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?

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Fluffywumpkins

Childhood story

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2018

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One of the most read books when I was a kid. Wanted to share it with my kids. This is a story about two brothers who care for each other. The youngest tries to get help for his big brother who has fallen in the well, but because of the older brother’s super long name he has difficulty expressing the emergency to adults to get help in time.

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Holly Tracy

So Ridiculous, but a Childhood Favorite

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2018

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I ordered this for my boss's granddaughter because it kept coming up in conversation and how I could still remember the kid's whole name (but not his brother's short, simple name, I kept thinking it was Chris, believe it's Chang). The artwork is fun and the book is so absurd, but nostalgia.

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Stephan

Not the same book we read as kids!

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2020

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This is a new version where the boy doesn't drown in the well. The boy is sick in bed The End! We feel ripped off, its not the book we remembered and loved as kids. Description should say in big bold letters this is new version with their own twist. Very Disappointed in this! Threw it out! Will buy from somewhere else.

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John Russell

Simple but infectious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2013

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I hesitated to give this book five stars for a number of reasons, most notably the unwarranted but niggling feeling that perhaps it's not the most politically correct book (although there's nothing remotely offensive about a tale from ancient China) and the fact that by the end of the book if you're reading this aloud to your child you get so freaking tired of saying that whole name that you hope that your child doesn't want you to read it again.

And the reason I gave it five stars anyway is because my four-year-old did want me to read it again. And again. And again and again and again until she could rattle off "Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo" without hesitation herself. It's a cute story that deserves to be read out loud, no matter how exhausting it gets, because it's fun and catchy and one that I remember fondly from my own childhood for the same reasons that my daughter loves it now.

So buy this book. But you might also want to buy an oxygen tank to go with it.

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Leah Gaines

" This was a favourite with my husband and his siblings

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 26, 2016

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Because it's just too entertaining to hear your two year old say "Most honourable mother, Tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo has fallen into the well!"

This was a favourite with my husband and his siblings, and I can see why.

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Love it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2018

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My mother read this to me as a child so i had to get it to read to my kids. Love this book.

Donsai

An engaging read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2014

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A very engaging read for young children. Both of my children love to have this book read to them over and over again, perhaps not quite so much for the story but the repetitiveness of Tikki Tikki Tembos full name. It became a race to see who could say the whole name first. The only reason I have not given this book five stars is because of the cultural inaccuracies. However, these small inaccuracies do not detract from the enjoyment of the story in any way. I would totally recommend this book.

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Resmnky

Daughter loves this story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2013

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One of the few children's stories I'm happy to read over and over. Part of the pleasure is in saying Tikki Tikki Tembo's reeeeeaaaally long name as fast as you can. Even my 3 year old can do it and I let her fill in the name whenever we get to it in the story.

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