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  • Behind the back of the mountain; Black folktales from southern Africa. Retold by Verna Aardema. Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • New York, Dial Press [1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc 398.2-A (Aardema, V. Behind the back of the mountain)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Half-a-ball-of-kenki : an Ashanti tale retold / by Verna Aardema ; and with pictures by Diane Stanley Zuromskis.

    • Text
    • New York : F. Warne, c1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc D 81-138Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Tales for the third ear, from Equatorial Africa. Drawings by Ib Ohlsson.

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    • New York, Dutton [c1969]
    • 1969
    • 3 Items
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    Text Sc E 82-275Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text Sc 398.21-A (Aardema, V. Tales for the third ear)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text E-13 9847Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Oh, Kojo! How could you! : an Ashanti tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Marc Brown.

    • Text
    • New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 85-37Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Bimwili & the Zimwi : a tale from Zanzibar / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Susan Meddaugh.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 86-32Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The sky-god stories / by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Elton Fax.

    • Text
    • New York : Coward-McCann, c1960.
    • 1960
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc D 89-83Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Rabbit makes a monkey of lion : a Swahili tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 89-283Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Traveling to Tondo : a tale of the Nkundo of Zaire / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand.

    • Text
    • New York : Knopf, 1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 91-112Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Otwe. Illustrated by Elton Fax.

    • Text
    • New York, Coward-McCann [c1960]
    • 1960
    • 2 Items
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    Text Sc 398-A (Aardema, V. Otwe)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text D-13 5800Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The Na of Wa. Illustrated by Elton Fax.

    • Text
    • New York, Coward-McCann [c1960]
    • 1960
    • 2 Items
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    Text Sc 398-A (Aardema, V. Na of Wa)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text D-13 5799Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks : a Masai tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Yumi Heo.

    • Text
    • New York : A.A. Knopf ; Distributed by Random House, Inc. , c1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFF 97-247Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Sebgugugu the glutton : a Bantu tale from Rwanda / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Nancy L. Clouse.

    • Text
    • Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ; Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, 1993.
    • 1993
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 00-684Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Jackal's flying lesson : a khoikhoi tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Dale Gottlieb.

    • Text
    • New York : Knopf ; Distributed by Random House, 1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 00-453Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Koi and the kola nuts : a tale from Liberia / Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda.

    • Text
    • New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
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    Text Sc F 00-707Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Pedro and the padre : a tale from Jalisco, Mexico / by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Friso Henstra.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1991.
    • 1991
    • 2 Items
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    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
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    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Hoekom lag jy, Kietoe? / oorvertel deur, Verna Aardema ; geïllustreer deur Marc Brown.

    • Text
    • Durbanville, R.S.A. : Garamond, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text J-Xho 398.2 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Yini le ehlekisa kangaka Ketu? / iphinde yaxoxwa ngu, Verna Aardema ; izithombe ngu, deur Marc Brown ; ihunyushelwe esiZulwini ngu, Thembi Mini Kumalo.

    • Text
    • Durbanville, R.S.A. : Garamond, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text J-Xho 398.2 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Ji-nongo-nongo means riddles / by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

    • Text
    • Four Winds Press, c1978.
    • 1978
    • 1 Item
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    Text J 398.6 AOffsite
  • The riddle of the drum : a tale from Tizapán, Mexico / translated by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Tony Chen.

    • Text
    • New York : Four Winds Press, c1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.22 AOffsite
  • Yintoni Ehlekisayo, Ketu? / ngokubaliswa ngu, Verna Aardema ; imifanekiso ngu, Marc Brown ; iguqulelwe esiXhoseni ngu, Sydney Z. Zotwana.

    • Text
    • Durbanville, R.S.A. : Garamond, 1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
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    Text J-Xho 398.2 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Press, c1975.
    • 1975
    • 2 Items
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    Text Sc 398.24-A (Aardema, V. Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text JFF 76-632Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears : a West African tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [1978], c1975.
    • 1978-1975
  • Who's in Rabbit's house? : a Masai tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Press, c1977.
    • 1977
    • 2 Items
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    Text Sc+ F 78-92Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain : a Nandi tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Beatriz Vidal.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Press, c1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 84-48Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Anansi does the impossible! : an Ashanti tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Lisa Desimini.

    • Text
    • New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
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    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Bimwili & the Zimwi : a tale from Zanzibar / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Susan Meddaugh.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1985.
    • 1985
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.21 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text J 398.21 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • More tales from the story hat. Illustrated by Elton Fax.

    • Text
    • New York : Coward-McCann, [c1966]
    • 1966
    • 2 Items
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    Text Sc F 11-268Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Oh, Kojo! How could you! : an Ashanti tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Marc Brown.

    • Text
    • New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1984.
    • 1984
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water : a Mpongwe tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Victoria Chess.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1988.
    • 1988
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 88-133Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text J 398.2 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Rabbit makes a monkey of lion : a Swahili tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.24 AOffsite
  • Tales from the story hat Illustrated by Elton Fax. Introd. by Augusta Baker.

    • Text
    • New York : Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, [c1960]
    • 1960
    • 3 Items
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    Text Sc F 11-270Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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    Text J 398.2 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text J 398.2 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears; a West African tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • Dial Press, [c1975]
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • How the ostrich got its long neck : a tale from the Akamba of Kenya / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Marcia Brown.

    • Text
    • New York : Scholastic, c1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
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    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Koi and the kola nuts : a tale from Liberia / Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Joe Cepeda.

    • Text
    • New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • This for that : a Tonga tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Victoria Chess.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.24 AOffsite
  • Anansi finds a fool : an Ashanti tale / Verna Aardema ; pictures by Bryna Waldman.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992.
    • 1992
    • 1 Item
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    Text J 398.24 AOffsite
  • Behind the back of the mountain; Black folktales from southern Africa. Retold by Verna Aardema. Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • Dial Press, [c1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain : a Nandi tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Beatriz Vidal.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Press, c1981.
    • 1981
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Half-a-ball-of-kenki : an Ashanti tale retold / by Verna Aardema ; and with pictures by Diane Stanley Zuromskis.

    • Text
    • New York : F. Warne, c1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Tales for the third ear, from Equatorial Africa. Drawings by Ib Ohlsson.

    • Text
    • Dutton, [c1969]
    • 1969
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Traveling to Tondo : a tale of the Nkundo of Zaire / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand.

    • Text
    • New York : Knopf, c1991.
    • 1991
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.24 AOffsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.24 ASchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • What's so funny, Ketu? / by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Marc Brown.

    • Text
    • New York : Dial Press, c1982.
    • 1982
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Jackal's flying lesson : a Khoikhoi tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Dale Gottlieb.

    • Text
    • New York : Knopf ; Distributed by Random House, c1995.
    • 1995
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.24 AOffsite
  • The lonely lioness and the Ostrich chicks : a Masai tale / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Yumi Heo.

    • Text
    • New York : Knopf, c1996.
    • 1996
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 398.2 AOffsite
  • Behind the back of the mountain; Black folktales from southern Africa. Retold by Verna Aardema. Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • New York, Dial Press [1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text GR350.A2Off-site
  • Behind the back of the mountain; Black folktales from southern Africa. Retold by Verna Aardema. Pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

    • Text
    • New York, Dial Press [1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text GR350.A2Off-site

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