Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears.   A Caldecott Medal book.  Includes Unicorn bookplate inside cover. Like new condition.

"In this West African folk tale, a mosquito brags to an iguana that he spied a farmer digging yams as big as mosquitoes. The iguana scoffs and refuses to listen to any more nonsense. Grumbling, he puts sticks in his ears and scuttles off through the reeds and sets off a chain reaction among myriad animals inhabiting the same landscape. ... "