- Folklore, picture book for children, children's stories, Neighbors
The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who fell into a well. It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so short today (wikipedia)
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Intimate, effortless, classical in form and resolved.
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- effortlessdemanding
- classical in formformally daring
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- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Arlene Mosel
- First published
- 1968
- Pages
- 45
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval, Scholastic Audio Cassette, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- und, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780812422887
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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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