| Description |
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
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age Children |
| Note |
Art techniques used: Airbrushed watercolor, pastels and india ink applied in a stencil affect using vellum and frisket masks. |
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"A Pied Piper book." |
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"Separations by Rainbows, Inc., composition by The Composing Room, Inc., binding by Economy Bookbinding Corp., production by Warren Wallerstein, design by Atha Tehon"--Title page verso. |
| 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! |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 4.0 0.5. |
| Awards |
Caldecott Medal, 1976 |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
| Subject |
Animals -- Juvenile fiction.
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Animals -- Juvenile fiction. |
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Folklore -- Africa, West -- Juvenile fiction.
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Folklore. |
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Ashanti (African people) |
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West Africa. |
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Blame -- Juvenile fiction.
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Blame. |
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Jungle animals -- Juvenile fiction.
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Mosquitoes -- Juvenile fiction.
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Jungle animals. |
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Animals -- Folklore.
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Mosquitoes. |
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Folklore -- Africa, West.
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Animals -- Folklore. |
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Ashanti (African people) -- Folklore.
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Animals. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Folklore.
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Juvenile works.
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Novels.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Dillon, Leo, illustrator.
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Dillon, Diane, illustrator.
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Wallerstein, Warren, book producer.
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Tehon, Atha, book designer.
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Dial Press, publisher.
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Holyoke Lithograph Co., printer.
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Rainbows Inc., printer.
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Composing Room, Inc., compositor.
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Economy Bookbinding Corporation, binder.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Aardema, Verna. Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears. New York : Dial Press, [1975] (OCoLC)608407627 |
| ISBN |
0803760892 |
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9780803760899 |
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0803760876 (library binding) |
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9780803760875 (library binding) |
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0803760884 |
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9780803760882 |
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