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Por qué zumban los mosquitos en los oídos de la gente : un cuento de Africa Occidental / adaptado por Verna Aardema ; ilustraciones de Leo y Diane Dillon ; traducción de Osvaldo Blanco.

Aardema, Verna. (Author). Blanco, Osvaldo. (Added Author). Dillon, Diane. (Added Author). Dillon, Leo. (Added Author).

Summary:

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit, and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!Leo and Diane Dillon won the 1976 Caldecott Medal for Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, making Leo Dillon the first African-American artist to be so honored. Now this classic, which has delighted millions of children, is at last available in Spanish.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0803722982
  • ISBN: 9780803722989
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Nueva York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1998]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Art techniques used: Airbrushed watercolor, pastels and india ink applied in a stencil affect using vellum.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4 0.5 5550.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 3.1 2.0 9291.
5550. Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.0 0.5.
Language Note:
In Spanish.
Subject:
Folklore > Africa, West > Juvenile literature.
Folklore > Africa del Oeste > Literatura juvenil.
Genre:
Spanish language materials.
Folklore.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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