" Cute story about a Chinese family who has an adventurous son named Chang. " My three year old with a shortish attention span loves this book and will sit and pay attention to every word until we are done. " My daughter can remember Tikki Tikki Tembo's whole name better than I can and we have reads this 100's of times. " Funny story about how the Chinese came to give their children short names. As you said, it's sort of a far east 'Sambo,' but it teaches us all a very valuable lesson - never trust the Japanese.
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" Kate you've got to read this one at circle time. " LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture book! It reminds me of my 1st and 2nd grade teacher :) " Filled with tough twisters that will dry and exaughst your mouth!
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Funny to say Tikki Tikki Tembo's full name out loud. I guess this is a folk tale about how the Chinese named their first and second born sons. The story is less dramatic than my childhood remembrances, but it is still pretty fun.