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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s EarsA West African Tale retold by: Verna AardemaIllustrated by: Leo and Lane Dillon,[object Object]
Genre: Fantasy, African Folk literature, Myth,[object Object],Plot: Episodic,[object Object],Point of view: Objective / Dramatic ,[object Object],Style: Hyperbole, Symbolic, Onomatopoeia,[object Object],Tone: Serious,[object Object]
Theme: Cause and effect,[object Object],Characters: Mosquito, Iguana, Python, Rabbit, Monkey, Crow, Mother Owl, King Lion. Animal personification, Flat,[object Object],Setting: African Jungle, Backdrop,[object Object]
The mosquito bothersanimals in the jungle. The mosquito’s bothersome actions ultimately cause the sun not to rise.,[object Object]
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The sun not rising was caused by a sequence of events by the animals, and this event then resulted in a backwards sequence of events.,[object Object]
The wise Owl brings the animals together to investigate who is to blame.,[object Object]
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The sequence of events results in the natural phenomena of the mosquito forever buzzing in people's ears asking them if they are still angry with him.,[object Object]
Author Verna Aardema,[object Object],[object Object]
Wrote predominantly retellings of African folktales
Won the Caldecott Medal in 1975 for “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears”
“Who’s in Rabbit’s House?” won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and a     School Library Journal Best Book of the Year award,[object Object]
They’ve illustrated numerous books, for both children and adults

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