Author
Verna Aardema
Honors
1 Caldecott Medal win
| Award | Year | Book |
|---|---|---|
| Caldecott Medal Winner | 1976 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
Books
Who's in Rabbit's House and other Stories from the African Tradition
Strega Nona and Other Stories from Near and Far
Koi and the kola nuts
Anansi Does the Impossible
This for that
How the ostrich got its long neck
Jackal's flying lesson : a khoikhoi tale
Misoso
Sebgugugu the glutton
The crocodile and the ostrich
A bookworm who hatched
Anansi finds a fool
Bimwili & the Zimwi
Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain
Zulu Africa
Borreguita and the coyote
Pedro & the padre
Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water
The Crow and The Pitcher (BIG Book Magazine Series)
Traveling to Tondo
Rabbit makes a monkey of Lion
The Vingananee and the tree toad
What's so funny, Ketu?
Oh, Kojo! How could you!
Write a Folktale
CaldecottWhy Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Caldecott Medal Winner
Half-a-ball-of-Kenki
The riddle of the drum
Who's in Rabbit's house?
Ji-nongo-nongo means riddles
BEHIND THE BACK OF THE MOUNTAIN. Black Folktales from Southern Africa
Tales for the Third Ear
More books by Verna Aardema
Otwe
Tales from the Story Hat
The Na of Wa
The Sky-God Stories
More tales from the story hat
Behind the back of the mountain
- The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks
The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks