- Animals, Caldecott Medal, Children's stories, African (English), Fiction
A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.
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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Verna Aardema
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 30
- Publisher
- Demco Media, Scholastic, Incorporated, Puffin Books
- Editions
- 29
- Language
- Spanish, English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780606018845
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“One morning a mosquito saw an iguana drinking at a waterhole.”
Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen (June 6, 1911 – May 11, 2000), best known by the name Verna Aardema, was an American writer of children's books. Verna Norberg was born in New Era, Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. of Journalism in 1934. She worked as a grade school teacher from 1934 to 1973 and became a correspondent for the Muskegon Chronicle in 1951, a job that lasted until 1972, the year before she retired from teaching. In her senior year at Michigan State, Norberg won three writing contests; although not her first, they were the most influential in her decision to pursue the childhood dream. She first considered writing for children when her daughter ref
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