“’The Storyteller’ - Memorable Books from My Childhood.”

1. Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth by Barbara Park
2. Charlotte’s Web by E.B White
3. Tikki Tikki Tembo retold by Arlene Mosel
4. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
5. No. David! by David Shannon



Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel is one of the books that caught my interest because of the flow it had to it and the rhythm. Tikki Tikki Tembo is about a Chinese lady who name one of her sons Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo. One day her son Chang falls into a well so Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo told his mother and she had him tell the old man with a ladder and he saved Chang. However, another day Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo fell in the well and Chang was trying to tell his mother but he couldn’t get his brothers name right and was struggling. Then when he finally got his brothers name right his mother told him to tell the old man with the ladder to save him. Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo had been in the well so long after he was taken out that he had to recover and after that Chinese started giving their children short names.