The Resource Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
- Summary
- Reveals the meaning of mosquito's buzz
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- [30] p.
- Note
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- Art techniques used: Airbrushed watercolor, pastels and india ink applied in a stencil affect using vellum
- "TJ 3557."
- Isbn
- 9780590102940
- Label
- Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale
- Title
- Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears
- Title remainder
- a West African tale
- Statement of responsibility
- retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Reveals the meaning of mosquito's buzz
- Title
- Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears
- Summary
- West African legend of why the mosquito has a guilty conscience for all the trouble she caused by telling a lie
- Award
- Caldecott Medal, 1976.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 084957
- Cataloging source
- IFK
- Dewey number
- E
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ8.1.A213
- LC item number
- Wh 1975b
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 770
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 2
- 3
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- Target audience
- juvenile
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a West African tale
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- a West African tale
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- retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
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- Why mosquitoes buzz in peoples ears
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- a West African tale
- Label
- Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon
- Note
-
- Art techniques used: Airbrushed watercolor, pastels and india ink applied in a stencil affect using vellum
- "TJ 3557."
- Control code
- 2548156
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- [30] p.
- Isbn
- 9780590102940
- Other physical details
- ill
- http://library.link/vocab/shared_resources
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- {'label': 'Cherokee Regional Library', 'link': 'http://cherokee.library.link/resource/GYBfwevdDsA'}
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- {'label': 'Thomas County Public Library System', 'link': 'http://thomas.library.link/resource/GYBfwevdDsA'}
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm06059854
- (OCoLC)6059854
Subject
- Animals -- Fiction
- Animals -- Juvenile literature
- Folklore -- Africa, West
- Folklore -- Africa, West -- Juvenile literature
- Africa
- Animals -- West Africa -- Folklore
- Causation
- Cumulative tales
- Days
- Folklore -- Africa | West Africa
- Mosquitoes -- Folklore
- Picture books for children
- Truthfulness and falsehood -- Folklore
- West Africa
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Awards
Awards of Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale, retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon- Award
- Caldecott Medal, 1976.
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