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A West African Tale. In this West African folk tale, retold by Verna Aardema, a mosquito brags to an iguana that he spied a farmer digging yams as big as mosquitoes. This sets off a chain of events.
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A West African Tale. In this West African folk tale, retold by Verna Aardema, a mosquito brags to an iguana that he spied a farmer digging yams as big as mosquitoes. This sets off a chain of events.
A West African Tale. In this West African folk tale, retold by Verna Aardema, a mosquito brags to an iguana that he spied a farmer digging yams as big as mosquitoes.
This sets off a chain of events but ultimately the story is about the consequences of lying to other people and how it affect others.
Winner of Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977.
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