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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.

Publisher:

Dial Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

1978, c1975

Description:

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Folklore--Africa, West.
Animals--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Dillon, Leo,
Dillon, Diane,

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: 1975.

Summary:

A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions in the jungle that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun and the lion's decision to call a meeting of the animals.

Series:

A Pied piper book.

Indexed by:

Bklst 06/01/1996
Child Cat 18th
Bst Bk/Child 7th
A to Zoo 5th
Caldecott Medal, 1976

ISBN:

0140549056 (pbk.) :
9780140549058 (pbk.) :

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

BDPB251 -- Granger Public Library (Granger)

XUPC157 -- Griswold Public Library (Griswold)

DJPD353 -- Hampton Public Library (Hampton)

WVPB305 -- Lake Park Public Library (Lake Park)

ZLPD437 -- Missouri Valley Public Library (Missouri Valley)

ASPB046 -- Moravia Public Library (Moravia)

LOAX706 -- Library, Eastern Iowa CC (Muscatine)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

HAPA765 -- Palmer Public Library (Palmer)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

XGPC697 -- Villisca Public Library (Villisca)