Tikki Tikki Tembo

Duration: 9 min

Genre: Educational

Creator: Morton Schindel

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Old Chinese fairy tale., In this charming old Chinese fairy tale, we learn why Chinese parents today give their children short names instead of long names as in former times. This fable will delight viewers young and old with its delicate satire of social customs and pretensions the world over

Complete Record: , This iconographic adaptation of a Chinese folktale shows why parents today give their children short names. A Chinese couple of long ago honored their first son with a long, grand name, which caused a great deal of trouble. , Uses pictures and text of the book of the same title, retold by Arlene Mosel. This Chinese folktale shows why parents today give their children short names., , In this charming old Chinese fairy tale, we learn why Chinese parents today give their children short names instead of long names as in former times. This fable will delight viewers young and old with its delicate satire of social customs and pretensions the world overNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.