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1) Borreguita and the coyote

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

1991

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up.

2) Rabbit makes a monkey of lion: a Swahili tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1989

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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With the help of his friends Bush-rat and Turtle, smart and nimble Rabbit makes a fool of the mighty but slow-witted king of the forest.

3) Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water: a Mpongwe tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1988

Language

English

Description

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King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found.

4) Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: a West African tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Series

Picture Puffins
Reading rainbow book

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Children's Awards: Caldecott Medal for Quality Illustrations

Formats

Book, Newbery/Caldecott Collection

Description

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Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.

5) The Vingananee and the tree toad: a Liberian tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

F. Warne

Pub. Date

c1983

Language

English

Description

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A strange animal called the Vingananee beats up all the other animals and eats their stew until the tiny Tree Toad offers to fight him.

6) Traveling to Tondo: a tale of the Nkundo of Zaire

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

1993, c1991

Language

English

Description

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On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.

7) Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: Chinese

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1975

Language

中文（繁體）

Appears on list

Children's Awards: Caldecott Medal for Quality Illustrations

8) Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain: a Nandi tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Series

Reading Rainbow book

Publisher

Dial

Pub. Date

c1981

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.

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1) Borreguita and the coyote

2) Rabbit makes a monkey of lion: a Swahili tale

3) Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water: a Mpongwe tale

4) Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: a West African tale

5) The Vingananee and the tree toad: a Liberian tale

6) Traveling to Tondo: a tale of the Nkundo of Zaire

7) Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: Chinese

8) Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain: a Nandi tale

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