Full name: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale

Author: Verna Aardema Year: 1975 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Award winners Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140549058 0140549056

"In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece." -Booklist, starred review. Winner of Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977. Similar books: Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan Peek-A Who? by Nina Laden Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Flotsam by David Wiesner On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? for Kids by Spencer Johnson Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Frozen by Victoria Saxon Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena I Am Enough by Grace Byers I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty Sea of Tranquility by Mark Haddon