num_pages: 46
description: A Chinese folktale explains how the Chinese came to give their children short names.
language: English
title: Tikki Tikki Tembo
titlecomplete: Tikki Tikki Tembo
genres: Classics, China, Kids, Cultural, Picture Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Asia, Folklore, Fiction
ratings_count: 64410
places: China
awards: awardedAt: -63129600000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Picture Book, name: BCCB Blue Ribbon
publisher: Henry Holt & Co