Fun story explaining why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears. Interesting to see how all the animals make assumptions about other animals and things spiral out of control.

This is a great example of an African myth because it fills an essential human need to explain the mystery of why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears. The plot of the story has rising action from the introduction as each animal alarms the next. The climax comes when the monkey accidentally kills a baby owl. The rest of the story deals with the conflict resolution and finally, tells why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears.

Media: Airbrushed watercolors, pastels rubbed on by hand, and india ink

In this West African Tale, the authors retell the story of animals who blame each other and then a mosquito for all their fears. The watercolor illustrations are beautiful in this book. Colorful animals adorn each page, and the details will keep kids engaged with each step of the story. The story is repetitious, and that will give younger children the opportunity to speak the story as it goes on. ( )

An annoying mosquito sets off a chain of events in the jungle causing chaos.

This is a good example of a folktale because it is African story that was orally passed down and it tells a story of misunderstanding that dominoed into the ending of why mosquitoes are not liked. Plot: the plot of this is strong because it draws you in by making you want to know what’s going to happen next and then if mother owl is ever going to call the sun again out if it’s always going to be night and whose fault it is. Media: mixed media ( )