ikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-
chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!

Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale has hooked legions of children, teachers, and parents, who return, generation after generation, to learn about the danger of having such an honorable name as Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo.
被列为百本必读书，非常受外国小读者喜爱。是儿童绘本的最畅销书之一。故事改编自中国的民间故事，东方国画画风，而且是非常适合大声朗读的好绘本，节奏流畅，朗朗上口。汪培廷在《培养孩子的英文耳朵》里强烈推荐此书。

If you haven't already read Tikki Tikki Tembo, you've probably heard at least someone recite the deliriously long name of its protagonist: Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo, by now a famous refrain in most nursery schools. In this beautiful edition--complete with line and wash illustrations by artist Blair Lent--Arlene Mosel retells an old Chinese folktale about how the people of China came to give their children short names after traditionally giving their "first and honored" sons grand, long names. Tikki tikki tembo (which means "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world") and his brother Chang (which means "little or nothing") get into trouble with a well, are saved by the Old Man with the Ladder, and change history while they're at it. Tikki Tikki Tembo is a perfect book to read aloud, but don't be surprised if you find yourself joining the ranks of its chanting followers. (Picture book)

《Tikki Tikki Tembo》，如果因为这怪怪的书名而错过这本书，那真是太可惜了。你相信吗？这个书名就是故事主人翁的名字，而且他的名字其实接下来还有9个音节，书名只列了前3个音节而已。全书重心就是小小主人翁掉进一口井里，弟弟帮忙求救时，因为哥哥名字太长而耽误救援时间所带来的紧张感以及那份潜藏而深刻的幽默感。在整本书里，这个名字一共出现过12次，花这么多时间念名字，还来得及救人吗？如果连做父母的大人都很想知道结果，更何况是对任何事情都充满了好奇的孩子呢？