Author
Arlene Mosel
3 award wins, 0 nominations across 2 books.
Arlene Tichy Mosel (August 27, 1921 – May 1996) was an American children's librarian who wrote the text for two award-winning children's picture books illustrated by Blair Lent, both retelling traditional material. Tikki Tikki Tembo won the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and Lent won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Funny Little Woman.
The Funny Little Woman
The story is set in "Old Japan." The title character likes to laugh ("Tee-he-he-he") and make rice dumplings.
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Tikki Tikki Tembo
45 pages
The book tells the story of a Chinese boy with a long name who fell into a well. It is a sort of origin myth about why Chinese names are so short today (wikipedia)
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