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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1975-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Puffin Books
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780140549058
Lexile
770
Themes
multiculturalism

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Written by Verna Aardema and Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
A West African story about how the mosquito became a pest. It started when he told a lie to an iguana who then offends a friendly python. The python scares a rabbit until finally an owlet is killed. The lion figures out that blame rests with the mosquito who is so guilty that he remains a pest forever.
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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1975-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Puffin Books
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780140549058
Lexile
770
Themes
multiculturalism
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