In all cases, one of these makes for a good Unpronounceable Alias. If there is one normal name when all the others are are ridiculous, or vice versa, it can be Aerith and Bob. If the character is not from around here, it might be an example of As Long as It Sounds Foreign. They " don't have the time" to hear her last name.)Ĭan be used simply as a humor device, getting cheap laughs out of an absurd name played to the extreme this would be a type of Overly Long Gag, being so long as to be tedious and thus deriving its humor or it can be a non-joke to the audience because characters with strange names are expected in the type of show/book/planet/whatever, but cause the characters involved trouble as they try not to react to, or at least comment on, the oddity of the person's name. Also included are people who have the right number of names, but one or more of them is absurdly long, for example Ulla Inga Hansen-Bensen-Janson-Tallen-Hallen-Svaden-Swanson in the remake of The Producers. Blair Lent lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Ĭustomers who bought this item also bought.In the broadest sense, whenever a character has more than the usual (in the Anglosphere) first, middle, and last name, they are in possession of an Overly Long Name. Mosel's Tikki Tikki Tembo, a bestseller since its publication in 1968. He has also received three Caldecott Honors. Lent, Blair: - Blair Lent received the Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mosel died in Indianapolis in 1996. Mosel was an associate professor of library science at Case Western Reserve University. Mosel was also the author of The Funny Little Woman, which won the 1973 Caldecott Medal for Blair Lent's illustrations and was recognized as an Honor Book by the Hans Christian Andersen International Children's Book Awards. In 1997, The New York Times named it one of the best 50 children's books of the previous 50 years.
The book was named an American Library Association Notable Book and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Because so many young listeners responded enthusiastically, she decided to write her own retelling, and Tikki Tikki Tembo became her first book for children.
When she grew up, she shared this wonderful tale with countless children, including her own. Tikki Tikki Tembo is the winner of the 1968 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Mosel, Arlene: - Arlene Mosel (1921-1996) first heard the story of Tikki Tikki Tembo as a child. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic 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. Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5Ĭhari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo Five decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8" W x 9.8" L (0.40 lbs) 48 pagesįeatures: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian Lexile Measure: 910 AD (Adult Directed Text) Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General The lovely drawings capture the beauty of rural China. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĪnnotation: Now available in paperback, 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. Contributor(s): Mosel, Arlene (Author), Lent, Blair (Illustrator)
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