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!
770L Lexile|||juvenile
retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Art techniques used: Airbrushed watercolor, pastels and india ink applied in a stencil affect using vellum and frisket masks.
"A Pied Piper book."
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 4.0 0.5.
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4 0.5 5550.
Caldecott Medal, 1976.
