- Caldecott Medal, Children's stories, Folklore, Juvenile literature
The story is set in "Old Japan." The title character likes to laugh ("Tee-he-he-he") and make rice dumplings.
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About the book
- Author
- Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent
- First published
- 1972
- Pages
- 40
- Publisher
- Paw Prints, Tandem Library, Weston Woods Studios
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780812428070
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“Long ago, in Old Japan, there lived a funny little woman who liked to laugh, "Tee-he-he-he" and who liked to make dumplings out of rice.”
Arlene Tichy Mosel (August 27, 1921 – May 1996) was an American children's librarian who wrote the text for two award-winning children's picture books illustrated by Blair Lent, both retelling traditional material. Tikki Tikki Tembo won the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and Lent won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman.
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