![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Tikki Tikki Tembo is a perfect book to read aloud, but don't be surprised if you find yourself joining the ranks of its chanting followers. ![]() Tikki tikki tembo (which means "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world") and his brother Chang (which means "little or nothing") get into trouble with a well, are saved by the Old Man with the Ladder, and change history while they're at it. In this beautiful edition-complete with line and wash illustrations by artist Blair Lent-Arlene Mosel retells an 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. But for those without the privilege of escaping into a good book, we should do the work.If you haven't already read Tikki Tikki Tembo, you've probably heard at least someone recite the deliriously long name of its protagonist: Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo, by now a famous refrain in most nursery schools. Do we have to separate art from the artist? Can we? What if we make the mindful decision to NOT separate the two, but to keep ourselves open to recognizing where the authors’ biases may be influencing our own?ĭoes that seem like a lot of work just to escape into a good book? Maybe. Can also be used for a not so clever hardman. Usually preceeding the 'tongue in bottom lip' face sometimes with a small, slow slap to said bottom lip and a 'duuuuuhhhhh' noise. For example, what if the work is not as blatantly racist as Seuss’s visuals? Millions of fans have a special place in their hearts for Harry Potter does it matter now that his creator, JK Rowling, is anti-trans? Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game film adaptation faced a boycott for Card’s anti-gay rhetoric. Urban Dictionary: Rembo Rembo Slang for spastic, mong and used towards someone with a lack of common sense or someone who has said or done something stupid. There are other things to think about as you choose what you and your children are going to read, and how. The website guides caregivers and educators in choosing anti-bias literature, and offers book reviews that that break books down into “recommended,” “recommended with caveat,” or “not recommended” categories. NPR took a quick look into how depictions in Seuss impacted children’s identities in marginalized group, and a 2019 article looked a lot deeper. Nostalgia can be fine, but when it exists in a vacuum without context, it is not. Seuss is also problematic, not only because of the racist caricatures in his illustrations, but because of a general unwillingness for audiences to see these works as anything but beloved childhood favorites. ![]() In fact, there are no Chinese words in the name at all, which critics have called out for reinforcing the stereotype that Chinese words sound like nonsense. And more egregiously, if anything it’s a mangled retelling of a Japanese tale, suggesting that all Asian cultures are the same.Īnd Tikki Tikki Tembo isn’t the only offender in the canon of the classics. For one thing, no part of Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo’s great long name means “The Most Wonderful Thing in the Whole Wide World” the way the story claims. And there is danger in treating it as an example of Chinese culture. Take Tikki Tikki Tembo, for example, a decades-old children’s book billed as an adaptation of a Chinese folktale. ![]() Sometimes it’s hard to recognize how what you’re reading may be building bias in your subconscious. ![]()
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