So much so, that a few years ago I looked the book up to re-read it. I always felt slightly uneasy about this story even when I was a child. I regret buying it, had returned it to the shop & swap it with something else more interesting.more I think it's not worth buying for your children. It is also not true in Chinese culture that 2nd son are not loved. Apart of that, it is sad thing to tell 2nd child that he is 'little' or 'nothing' means not loved by the mother. I think Amazon or any other media should just catagorised it as children English book instead of focusing on Asian or Chinese story because it does not reflect Chinese culture correctly. Specially who are just starting to learn the other people's cultures. I think it's sad to pass this incorrect information to our children. The peoples are wearing Japanese traditional clothes but claiming to be Chinese. However, those pictures also culturally incorrect. I gave 1 star for the effort of the illustrators who draws the pictures. Is this valid reason? I don't think so because there is no base to prove that Chinese people has long names before. I very much prefer that the author would do a bit more research in putting the Chinese names and pick something that sounds more like Chinese language with the correct meaning.Īs for the story, it's a very simple and at the end was telling us why Chinese people giving their children a short names rather than great long names.
So, it is a pity if they have to remember incorrect things in their life. Children has wonderful brain that enable them to remember things when they were young and still remember it even after when they became grandparent. While it's probably fun in English to chant the names but it is still saying things with wrong meaning. I actually confused them by teaching the wrong meanings of "Chang". As someone who understand Chinese & Japanese language, I feel it is very annoying to tell a wrong thing to the children. In fact, the long name 'tikki tikki tembo-no. doesn't mean "the most wonderful thing in the whole wide world" and also 'Chang' doesn't mean "little or nothing". While it's probably fun One thing that really bothers me is that the long name Tikki Tikki Tembo-no.
One thing that really bothers me is that the long name Tikki Tikki Tembo-no.
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