This humorous retelling of a favorite folktale recounts how the Chinese came to give their children short names. Beautifully illustrated, this perfect read-aloud storybook is one adults and children will enjoy sharing together again and again.When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo is the name of a mother's first, and most honored, son. It means, "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world!"

This book is part of a book series called Macmillan Young Listeners Stories Time .

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

This book was published 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.