Comments on: Top 100 Picture Books #89: Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent

By: Sondy

Sondy — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:51:12 +0000

You know, I was just scanning through all these posts to see if any additional comments have been left. And just having the picture of Tikki Tikki Tembo go by is enough to start the full name chanting in my brain in a way that won’t stop.

By: JMyersbook

JMyersbook — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:29:08 +0000

[Dating myself here]: I first became familiar with this story when a telling of it was recorded by Shari Lewis (of Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse fame). That version (with Tikki Tikki Tembo’s entire name sung as the recurring refrain) still resounds in my brain, all these years later!

By: Betsy

Betsy — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:55:20 +0000

A favorite of mine when I was a kid and one of my kids’ too. It has such great “story” qualities–it’s too bad it’s controversial because it really shows what language and cool illustrations can do.