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Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen (June 6, 1911 – May 11, 2000), best known by the name Verna Aardema, was an American writer of children's books.
Verna Norberg was born in New Era, Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. of Journalism in 1934. She worked as a grade school teacher from 1934 to 1973 and became a correspondent for the Muskegon Chronicle in 1951, a job that lasted until 1972, the year before she retired from teaching.
In her senior year at Michigan State, Norberg won three writing contests; although not her first, they were the most influential in her decision to pursue the childhood dream. She first considered writing for children when her daughter refused to eat until she'd heard one of her mother's stories. These bribes were often set in the places that she had been reading about recently, and as she became more and more interested in Africa, they began to be set there more frequently.
In 1960, she published her first set of stories, Tales from the Story Hat, which were very successful, and so she continued to adapt traditional tales and folklore from distant cultures, (usually from Africa and Mexico) to expose young children to the vast variety of human expression.
Her book, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1975), illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, received the Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977. Who's in Rabbit's House? 1977 was the 1977 School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner in 1978. Aardema received the Children's Reading Round Table Award in 1981, and several of her works have been selected as Notable Books by the American Library Association. Her Oh Kojo! How Could You! won the 1984 Parents' Choice Award for Literature.
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собаки», first trade publication) Roger Zelazny – Sign of the Unicorn VernaAardema (with Leo and Diane Dillon) – Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Nina...
been born in Michigan or by living there during their writing career. VernaAardema, author of ethnic-themed works (Ashanti, Zanzibari, Akamba and Ayutla...
illustrated books by such children's authors as Georgene Faulkner and VernaAardema. He also created dust jacket art for various publishers, as well as...
stories and essays) Knight of Shadows Barbara Kingsolver - The Bean Trees VernaAardema – Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion Joyce Barkhouse – Pit Pony Bruce Coville...
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William Steig, Abel's Island (1976) ‡ ‡ illustrated by the author 1978 VernaAardema, Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale (1977[1969]), illus. Leo and...
the Wayback Machine". The Ninety-Nines. Retrieved April 28, 2007. "VernaAardema Papers". de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. University of...
Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa (Knopf, 1994) — written by VernaAardema Running the Road to ABC (Simon & Schuster, 1996) — written by Denize...
author) 1996, The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks: A Masai Tale (VernaAardema, author) 1997, A is for Asia (Cynthia Chin-Lee, author) 1998, Pets!...
Brother Wind. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Knopf, 1988. Aardema, Verna. Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale. Pictures by Jerry Pinkney...
African Folktale. Millbrook Press. pp. 48. ISBN 978-0-8225-6741-7. Aardema, Verna (2000). Ananse Does the Impossible. Aladdin Paperbacks. ISBN 0-689-83933-2...
American Folklore. 35 (136): 151–204. doi:10.2307/535015. JSTOR 535015. Aardema, Verna. Behind the back of the mountain; Black folktales from southern Africa...
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