Por Que Zumban los Mosquitos en los Oidos de la Gente (Spanish Edition)

by Verna Aardema (Author) Leo Dillon (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Ediciones Dial
Un mosquito molestó a la iguana, ¿quién asustó a la pitón, quién asustó al conejo? y ahora toda la selva está alborotada porque no sale el sol. Los animales discuten la situación y deciden castigar al mosquito. ¡Incluso hoy, cuando escuchamos el zumbido de un mosquito, lo golpeamos fuerte!
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K-Gr 3-A Spanish version of the charming African folktale. When the animals wrongly interpret the actions of fellow creatures, Lion, the King of the forest, must step in to set matters straight. Surprisingly, it is the insignificant mosquito who is at the root of the calamity. In this fine translation, Blanco maintains the colorful, descriptive quality of the text. The Dillons' beautifully rendered Caldecott Award-winning illustrations are evocative of folk art and thus suit the text to a tee. This gorgeous picture book is equally appropriate for individual reading or reading aloud. A must-have.-Tania Colmant-Donabedian, Queens Borough Public Library, NY
Verna Aardema
Verna Aardema published her first set of stories, Tales from the Story Hat, in 1960. They were so successful that she continued to adapt traditional tales and folklore from distant cultures, (usually from Africa and Mexico) to expose young children to the vast variety of human expression. She's the author of over 30 children's books. Her book, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1975) received the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977. Who's in Rabbit's House? 1977 was the 1977 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner in 1978. Aardema received the Children's Reading Round Table Award in 1981, and several of her works have been selected as Notable Books by the American Library Association. Her Oh Kojo! How Could You! won the 1984 Parents' Choice Award for Literature.

Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, a husband-and-wife team, created more than 100 book and magazine covers together as well as interior artwork. The Dillons won the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and 1977 In 1978 they were the runners-up for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's illustrators, and were the U.S. nominee again in 1996.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780803722989
Lexile Measure
600
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Dial Books
Publication date
March 19, 1998
Series
Ediciones Dial
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV007000 - Juvenile Fiction | Classics
JUV012030 - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | General
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Animals
Spanish language materials
Folklore
Africa, West

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