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

Author

Aardema, Verna

Language

English

Appears on list

Caldecott Medal

Formats

Book, Read Along

2) 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

3) Who's in rabbit's house?: a Masai tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial

Pub. Date

c1977.

Language

English

4) Koi and the kola nuts: a tale from Liberia

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

c1999.

Language

English

Description

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An African folktale in which the son of the chief must make his way in the world with only a sackful of kola nuts and the help of some creatures he has treated with kindness.

5) What's so funny, Ketu?: a Nuer tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial

Pub. Date

c1982.

Language

English

Description

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Retelling of "The Man and the Snake".

6) Half-a-ball-of-kenki: an Ashanti tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Warne

Pub. Date

c1979.

Language

English

7) Oh, Kojo! How could you: an Ashanti tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Trumpet Club

Pub. Date

c1984.

Language

English

8) How the ostrich got its long neck: a tale from the Akamba of Kenya

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1995.

Language

English

Description

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A tale that explains why the ostrich has such a long neck.

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

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

c1991.

Language

English

10) Pedro & the padre: a tale from Jalisco, Mexico

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1991.

Language

English

11) Borreguita and the coyote: a tale from Ayutla, Mexico

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

c1991.

Language

English

Description

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

12) This for that: a Tonga tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial

Pub. Date

c1997.

Language

English

Description

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Rabbit tricks the other animals of the African plain into giving her food and other treats.

13) Bimwili & the Zimwi: a tale from Zanzibar

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Puffin

Pub. Date

c1985.

Language

English

Description

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A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum.

14) Anansi does the impossible!: an Ashanti tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

c1997.

Language

English

Description

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Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.

15) The lonely lioness and the ostrich chicks: a Masai tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

c1996.

Language

English

Description

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In this retelling of a Masai tale, a mongoose helps an ostrich get her chicks back from the lonely lioness who has stolen them.

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

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial

Pub. Date

c1981.

Language

English

Description

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

17) Rabbit makes a monkey of Lion: a Swahili tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Penguin

Pub. Date

c1989.

Language

English

Description

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Rabbit and her friends are determined to outsmart Lion and feast on the honey from his tree.

18) Anansi finds a fool: an Ashanti tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial

Pub. Date

c1992.

Language

English

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

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

3) Who's in rabbit's house?: a Masai tale

4) Koi and the kola nuts: a tale from Liberia

5) What's so funny, Ketu?: a Nuer tale

6) Half-a-ball-of-kenki: an Ashanti tale

7) Oh, Kojo! How could you: an Ashanti tale

8) How the ostrich got its long neck: a tale from the Akamba of Kenya

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

10) Pedro & the padre: a tale from Jalisco, Mexico

11) Borreguita and the coyote: a tale from Ayutla, Mexico

12) This for that: a Tonga tale

13) Bimwili & the Zimwi: a tale from Zanzibar

14) Anansi does the impossible!: an Ashanti tale

15) The lonely lioness and the ostrich chicks: a Masai tale

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

17) Rabbit makes a monkey of Lion: a Swahili tale

18) Anansi finds a fool: an Ashanti tale

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