Verna Aardema Books
The Vingananee and the tree toad
A strange animal called the Vingananee beats up all the other animals and eats their stew until the tiny Tree Toad offers to fight him.
Read MoreRabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
By Verna Aardema, Jerry Pinkney
With the help of his friends Bush-rat and Turtle, smart and nimble Rabbit makes a fool of the mighty but slow-witted king of the forest.
Read MoreBimwili and the Zimwi (Picture Puffins)
A Swahili girl is abducted by a Zimwi and told to be the voice inside his singing drum.
Read MoreBringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative...
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