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Tikki tikki tembo no sa rembo7/3/2023 ![]() Blair Lent lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mosel's Tikki Tikki Tembo, a bestseller since its publication in 1968. He has also received three Caldecott Honors. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Mosel died in Indianapolis in 1996.īlair Lent received the Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel. Mosel was an associate professor of library science at Case Western Reserve University. Mosel was also the author of The Funny Little Woman, which won the 1973 Caldecott Medal for Blair Lent's illustrations and was recognized as an Honor Book by the Hans Christian Andersen International Children's Book Awards. But her first and honored son, she called Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip. ![]() In 1997, The New York Times named it one of the best 50 children's books of the previous 50 years. Her second son she called Chang, which meant little or nothing. The book was named an American Library Association Notable Book and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Because so many young listeners responded enthusiastically, she decided to write her own retelling, and Tikki Tikki Tembo became her first book for children. When she grew up, she shared this wonderful tale with countless children, including her own.
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