Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
by Aardema, Verna
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 059010294X
- ISBN 13
- 9780590102940
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scholastic, 1998. Reprint . Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Leo and Diane Dillon. (unpaginated) Tenth printing thus. The lightest of rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and the text is clean. "A West African Tale.
Synopsis
"In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece." -Booklist , starred review.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048130
- Title
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
- Author
- Aardema, Verna
- Illustrator
- Leo and Diane Dillon
- Format/Binding
- Stapled
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 059010294X
- ISBN 13
- 9780590102940
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Literature - Juvenile
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...