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Author Aardema, Verna.

Title Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, [1978], c1975.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Meadowlark Non-Fiction  398.2 AAR    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Series  J 398.2 Aar    ---  Available
Description [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Note "Winner of the Caldecott Award"--Cover.
Indexed In: Wilson's Children, November 1996
Elem. School Library Collection, February 1998
School Library Journal starred
Book Links (A.L.A.)
Booklist starred
New York Times
Horn Book
Summary Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.
Audience 4.2
K-3 Follett Library Resources
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR LG RL 4.0 0.5 LARK
Awards Caldecott Medal/Honor
Subject Folklore -- West Africa.
Mosquitoes -- Folklore.
Animals -- Folklore.
Added Author Dillon, Leo, 1933-2012, illustrator.
Dillon, Diane, 1933- illustrator.
ISBN 0140549056

 
    
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