Best Selling Books by Verna Aardema

A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up.

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.

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

Presents a collection of riddles from Africa.

Une autruche inconsciente dont les petits sont convoités par une lionne solitaire.

For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.

A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up.

On his way to his wedding, with his friends as attendants, a civet cat meets with extraordinary and unexpected delays.

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit.

Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won''t let her in.

For saving the life of a snake, Ketu is rewarded by being allowed to hear animals think.

A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won''t rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!