Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (1971-01-01)

This is such a fun book for young ones, especially if you enjoy reading aloud to them and putting a lot of expression in your voice. The long name can be hilarious, and pointing out different things in the pictures can help little ones learn things.

My children love this book. They love saying the long name. I remember a version when I was child called Riki-Tiki tembo... and I remembered it over 16 years. I would randomly say it through the years. So memorable and fun! My children are 5 and 6 years old.

Wonderful Classic Picture Book. --- purchased for my granddaughter and it has become a must read two or three times a week. She has learned the extremely long name and I relish her enjoyment of reading and look forward to her remembering the wonderful times with her Nonna as together we read book after book. Add this to your collection of must reads with young children. Timeless.

Ever since I was a child, I have always remembered this book, so I finally bought it. Tikki-Tikki-Tembo is such a hilarious tale that I think everyone can enjoy. I love books that are simple and tell about the history of a place in a fantasical way.

Love the book. One of my childhood favorites. My daughter loved me reading it to her because of the long name (sing it like a song). It also teaches kids a lesson about obedience. My daughter is 11 weeks old Corrected and enjoys the pictures.

Remembering how much I loved this book as a child, I wanted to read it to my own children. They loved it, too. Amazingly, I still have Tikki Tikki Tembo's full name memorized from when I was child. Even after so many years, this is still a fantastic book! A highly recommend it!

This is another of our favorite books. The kids love me to read it over and over and over.......This is also one of the few books I remember enough to quote from when I was a child. The name just has a certain ring to it which is easy to memorize and fun to say.

This book introduced me to rhyme and made me love reading as a child. I bought it for a dear friend's firstborn. She will love it like I did(and I read it several times before I gave it to her, it makes me happy)!

Book just as I remember it from childhood, only reason I did not give it five stars is because the cover of this book was extremely dirty and I have to clean it, but other than that, very satisfied!!!!

As a second child myself, I loved the paperback version(which still resides at my parent's home) where the true hero is poor little Chang who has to remember his older brother's ridiculously long name: Tikki Tikki Tembo-No Sa Remb-Chari Bari Ruchi-Pip Peri Pembo, it order to save him from drowning. I wanted the hardcover for my own children to enjoy as much as my sister & I did when young. I remember choosing this book to memorize in 6th or 7th grade for a storytelling challenge our teacher gave us one time. It was actually quite a fun experience as the name has fun rhythm & cadence--and I'm shy! I wish they'd offer the hardbound book with the CD, but I had to buy that along with the paperback version. Oh well, I can pass that on as a gift to another family who might like it. At least the paperback version still has a binding, so you can see the title when placed among other books on a bookshelf. I just wanted the hardcover because I expect it to get a lot of use--hopefully I'll be able to pass it on to grandchildren.