Tikki Tikki Tembo 一个很长很长的名字 ISBN 9780312367480

本书出版40多年以来，销售超过100万册！故事讲述的是在中国古代，长子总是有一个很长的名字，次子总是有个很短的名字。有一天兄弟两个一起玩耍时，次子掉到了井里，长子找到妈妈，很快就说清楚弟弟掉到了井里，弟弟获救了。过了一段时间，长子掉到了井里，次子说着哥哥长长的名字Tikkitikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peripembo，妈妈还以为次子的舌头不利落……这样过儿较长的时间，长子才获救。从此，妈妈把长子也改成了短名字。这个故事内容是否真的来源于中国的传说，无可考；但是孩子们往往喜欢故事中一长串英语词汇的发音，而且本书的图画非常独特美丽。　　Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-　　chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!　　Three decades and more than one million copies later childrenstill love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell downthe well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of anancient Chinese folktale has hooked legions of children, teachers,and parents, who return, generation after generation, to learnabout the danger of having such an honorable name as Tikki tikkitembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo. 　　Tikki Tikki Tembo is the winner of the1968 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.