作者简介
ArleneMosel(1921-1996)firstheardthestoryofTikkitikkitemboasachild.Whenshegrewup,shesharedthiswonderfultalewithcountlesschildren,includingherown.Becausesomanyyounglistenersrespondedenthusiastically,shedecidedtowriteherownretelling,andTikkiTikkiTembobecameherfirstbookforchildren.ThebookwasnamedanAmericanLibraryAssociationNotableBookandwontheBostonGlobe-HornBookAward.In1997,TheNewYorkTimesnameditoneofthebest50children’sbooksoftheprevious50years.MoselwasalsotheauthorofTheFunnyLittleWoman,whichwonthe1973CaldecottMedalforBlairLent’sillustrationsandwasrecognizedasanHonorBookbytheHansChristianAndersenInternationalChildren’sBookAwards.MoselwasanassociateprofessoroflibraryscienceatCaseWesternReserveUniversity.BorninCleveland,Ohio,MoseldiedinIndianapolisin1996.BlairLentbeganillustratingpicturebooksinthe1960s.HereceivedtheCaldecottMedalin1973forTheFunnyLittleWoman,byArleneMosel,andhasalsobeenawardedthreeCaldecottHonors.HelivesandworksinCambridge,Massachusetts.