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Paperback:
9780913839591 | Book Lures, June 1, 1940, cover price $4.95
Library:
9780698303485 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1960, cover price $4.99
School and Library:
9780525406860 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1969, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Nine African folk tales recount the adventures of a lonely lioness, a cunning spider, a lying hyena, and others.
Paperback:
9780590102940, titled "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears?" | Scholastic Paperbacks, June 1, 1980, cover price $2.95
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780394764429, titled "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" | Amer School Pub, June 1, 1977, cover price $20.80 | also contains A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature
Prebinding:
9780881030792, titled "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions in the jungle that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun and the lion's decision to call a meeting of the animals
School and Library:
9780590074742 | Atheneum, August 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: More than forty riddles from eleven African tribes concern subjects ranging from Africa's animals to such human characteristics as strength and courage
School and Library:
9780723261582 | Viking Pr, March 1, 1979, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki rescues Fly from Leopard and, in the ensuing fray, Leopard receives a spotted coat forever.
School and Library:
9780590074896, titled "The Riddle of the Drum: A Tale from Tizap±An, Mexico" | Atheneum, March 1, 1979, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Anxious to keep his daughter from marrying, a king announces that no man may marry his daughter unless he guesses the kind of leather used in a drum made by a wizard.
A tale, told in rhythmic, read-along verse, describes how a resourceful bull finds water for his thirsty herd and ends the drought afflicting the plain
School and Library:
9780140552522 | Penguin USA, October 1, 1993, cover price $6.99
Reinforced:
9780606016063 | Demco Media, March 1, 1983, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: A tale, told in rhythmic, read-along verse, describes how a resourceful bull finds water for his thirsty herd and ends the drought afflicting the plain
Hardcover:
9780803702127 | Dutton Childrens Books, October 1, 1985, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum.
Paperback:
9780140546088 | Reissue edition (Puffin, July 1, 1992), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum
Library:
9780803702134 | Dutton Childrens Books, October 1, 1985, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum.
Hardcover:
9780075116240 | Har/cas edition (Amer School Pub, January 1, 1987), cover price $44.90 | About this edition: Retelling of a humorous Ashanti folktale relating how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi.
Reinforced:
9780606038805 | Demco Media, March 1, 1988, cover price $15.09 | About this edition: Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi
Prebinding:
9780833521682 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi
Library:
9780803704138 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1988, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found.
Hardcover:
9780803700062 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 17, 1984, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: After trading his gold to Ananse for a dog that fetches firewood, a cat that catches rats, and a dove that collects tasty snails, Kojo is disappointed when none of the animals can do what was promised
Paperback:
9780140546699 | Reprint edition (Puffin, March 1, 1988), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Relates how a young man named Kojo finally gets the better of the tricky Anansi
Paperback:
9780140508901 | Reprint edition (Viking Childrens Books, May 1, 1988), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A strange animal called the Vingananee beats up all the other animals and eats their stew until the tiny Tree Toad offers to fight him.
School and Library:
9780670822775 | Reprint edition (Viking Pr, September 1, 1988), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A strange animal called the Vingananee beats up all the other animals and eats their stew until the tiny Tree Toad offers to fight him.
Paperback:
9780140547221 | Puffin, March 1, 1989, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.
Reinforced:
9780606043625 | Demco Media, March 1, 1989, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.
Paperback:
9780803706460, titled "What's So Funny, Ketu: A Nuer Tale" | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1989, cover price N/A
| About this edition: For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.
| About this edition: For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.
9780803706033, titled "What's So Funny, Ketu: A Nuer Tale" | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1989, cover price N/A
| About this edition: For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.
| About this edition: For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780307058867, titled "Who's in Rabbits House?" | Golden Pr Audio, May 1, 1992, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: When Rabbit arrives home to find that a terrible monster has taken up residence inside his house, his friends come to his aid, but their attempts to help nearly destroy Rabbit's house instead.
Reinforced:
9780606023092, titled "Who's in Rabbit's House?" | Demco Media, October 1, 1990, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Rabbit has a problem--someone is inside her house and won't let her in.
Prebinding:
9780808574880, titled "Who's in Rabbit's House?" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Rabbit has a problem--someone is inside her house and won't let her in.
Paperback:
9780140546903 | Dial Books for Young Readers, January 1, 1991, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found.
Reinforced:
9780606047777 | Demco Media, January 1, 1991, cover price $11.20 | About this edition: King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found.
Hardcover:
9780803705227 | Dial Books for Young Readers, March 1, 1991, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In this Mexican folktale, a lazy boy learns a lesson about lying
Reinforced:
9780606039666 | Demco Media, July 1, 1992, cover price $13.97 | About this edition: A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum
Hardcover:
9780803711648 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Lazy Ananse seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780694508013 | Harpercollins, December 1, 1992, cover price $12.00
Paperback:
9780140545937 | Reprint edition (Puffin, January 1, 1993), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Rabbit, aided by her friends Turtle and Bush-rat, sets out to outwit Lion in order to feast on the honey in lion's calabash tree
Reinforced:
9780606028547 | Demco Media, January 1, 1993, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: Rabbit, aided by her friends Turtle and Bush-rat, sets out to outwit Lion in order to feast on the honey in lion's calabash tree
Hardcover:
9780865433779 | Africa World Pr, March 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A greedy poor man tests the patience of Imana, Lord of Rwanda, until he loses everything
Hardcover:
9781878450395 | Richard C Owen Pub, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Noted children's author and storyteller Verna Aardema recounts her life and describes how her daily activities and writing process are interwoven
Paperback:
9780679853091 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 1, 1994, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.
Library:
9780679900818 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1991, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays
Reinforced:
9780606060653 | Demco Media, February 1, 1994, cover price $12.74 | About this edition: On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.
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