Tikki Tikki Tembo
School year: Year 1, Year 2
Published: 2012
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Macmillan Young Listeners, Macmillan Young Listeners Stories Time, Owlet Books .
This book was published in 2012 by Audio Renaissance, Div of Holtzbrink Publishers .
Blair Lent (1930-2009) received the Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman , and three Caldecott Honors. Arlene Mosel (1921-1996)'s debut children's book, Tikki Tikki Tembo , was an American Library Association Notable Book and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Mosel also wrote The Funny Little Woman , an Honor Book for the Hans Christian Andersen International Children's Book Awards.
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Eb White Read Aloud Award - Picture Book Hall Of Fame
This book was recognised in the Picture Book Hall of Fame category by the Eb White Read Aloud Award. The E.B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the beloved author E.B. White.In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture Books, and The E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers. Titles are nominated for the award by ABC booksellers, and then the final decision is made by a committee of booksellers that meets annually in February.
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Horn Book Award - Picture Book category by the Boston Globe.
"This book and CD combination...encourages children to retell the story to others (thus developing their oral language skills)...This is a very popular story that children will enjoy hearing and telling over and over." --Parents' Choice Awards, 2009 Parents' Choice Approved Award Winner
"The Oscar-winner's reading voice is absolutely lovely. She has such fun with the story - and with the repeated pronunciation of "Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo" - that you'll have no problem listening again and again." --Cookie Magazine
"Young children will love hearing the audio again and again and families will play it over and over because this classic suits all ages." --Chapel Hill Herald
"Macmillan Audio has taken a classic that is over 40 years old and added new life to TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO...Read by actress Marcia Gay Harden, kids and adults alike can enjoy the tongue twister of a name story that many of us have grown up with." --TeensReadToo.com
"Marcia Gay Harden provides wonderful narration, giving each character a distinctive voice." --School Library Journal
"Marcia Gay Harden's reading will remind the parents of young listeners why Arlene Mosel's book has entertained since 1968." --AudioFile, Earphones Award Winner
