Comments on: story time…

By: jennie

jennie — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:59:06 +0000

I love this book too. I gave it to my son for Christmas and have enjoyed re-reading it as an adult. The illustrations are beautiful

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:26:18 +0000

Oh! I adore this book! I’m quite amused that I was able to remember all of his name Thank you for putting it up.

By: mindy stoddart

mindy stoddart — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:38:59 +0000

Thanks for the reminder: This was one of my very favorite stories as a child!! It’s not only a cool story, but wonderful to read aloud, with the sing-song rhythms and repetition. I’m going to buy a copy for my favorite 2-year-old and my expectant sister.

By: amy korngiebel

amy korngiebel — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:21:07 +0000

Great post. I ADORED this book as a little girl. I, too, have had an endless fascination with China. Though, my fix has been the Cultural Revolution. Thanks to your post, I’ve realized that this book was probably the nut that started my interest in the East. Thanks!

By: Erin Tyner

Erin Tyner — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:32:35 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this treasure. My memories of books from my childhood are one of my very favorite things to remember!

By: tyler

tyler — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:54:10 +0000

ooo, i’ve missed your blog this past week due to a hectic schedule…so glad i’ve checked in as i love your sentiment and childhood story. am not familiar with the tikki book but agree that storytelling and illustrations create such deeply nostalgic roots. what wonderful memories, i’ll have to acquaint myself with it! and i do look forward to your posting on tibet/china. it is refreshing and insightful to learn more from a perspective other than the news media. and i am convicted to the idea that all things intertwine, you cannot have art and design without culture and politics.

love the props/ceramics below too! gorgeous, understated, sublime. thank you.

By: Design for Mankind

Design for Mankind — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:01:29 +0000

I love this! You are such a dear, Pia.

By: nadia

nadia — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:25:12 +0000

Pia, a few weeks back I came across this book again in one of my boxes, I would like to say from my childhood days but that would be a lie(I had bought it again in my early twenties)anyways, I sat on the floor and read it, it is amazing how the imagination has you lost in the book but when you read it again later on in life like I did, the memory of the first time you read it comes rushing in- and that is what so beautiful about a story. Pia the amazing thing about a book read whether someone reads it to you or you read it yourself, it is the one possession that can never be taken away from you once confined to memory- I think about the conflict in places like Tibet, Darfur and even here in america-my hope is that every child has a story stored in there memory…
I am sorry for the long comment. Pia it is a pleasure to be able to visit your blog daily.

By: Constance

Constance — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:48 +0000

Thanks Pia! My veiled memories of tikki-tikki are starting to come back more and more vividly!

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:01:33 +0000

OH, thank you so much for this post. I saw the first picture at the top of your post, and called my sister to right away to start reciting Tikki Tikki’s whole name and we finished it together… my mum used to read us that almost every night… we never got tired of that story or the illustrations… and we all said his whole name together every time she read it (and we made her read it to us long after we could read ourselves)… thank you SO much for that memory. Now I need to see if my mum still had that book…