This story discusses
the old
Chinese folktale about how the people of China came to give their children
short names after traditionally giving their "first and honored" sons
grand, long names due to one of the main characters
Tikki
Tikki Tembo No Sarembo Hari Kari Pi Chi Pip Peri Pembo's name leading to his death. Curious about what happend to Tikki Tikki Tembo....... read the book or full folklore :-) !
I personally would read this book to my class as it has alot of repetition and can be a great predictive text as the story repeats itself twice. Although the book does not discuss any current social justice elements it can be said that this story mentions the social movement in Chinese culture about naming their first honored son's long names to naming them short names due to this accident.
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i remember this book from when i was in elementary school. it is a fantastic book for repetition and a sort of tongue twister. what a fun book to include for folklore!
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting! I think I read it a long time ago, but I don't remember much about it. What type of impact do you think the book will have with no social justice elements, but full of culture? (just curious)
ReplyDeleteIt discusses unity of family , helping others . I think although it does not have a social justice element it is an important book to read to elementary children as it discusses the traditions of the past which can be related to social justice as well as unhappy endings. I read this book personally in 3rd grade when exploring asian cultures , i remember this being tied to Hiku's but without the book infront of me as i could not locate it locally I cannot remember why.
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