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Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears and other Caldecott classics

Title
  1. Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears and other Caldecott classics [videorecording] / Weston Woods presents.
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  1. Westport, Conn. : Weston Woods ; [New York] : Scholastic, 2002.

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Additional authors
  1. Aardema, Verna
  2. Dillon, Diane
  3. Dillon, Leo
  4. Jones, James Earl
  5. Deitch, Gene
  6. Grifalconi, Ann
  7. Paight, David R
  8. Bruce, Cheryl Lynn
  9. Akar, John Joseph
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (32 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Retells a West African tale which explains why the mosquito, responsible for the death of Mother Owl's baby, buzzes in people's ears for forgiveness. (1st work) A young girl from Cameroon tells how men came to live in square houses and women in round ones. (2nd work) Tells of Anansi's, the spider man, who climbed up to the sky to buy some stories from Nyame, the sky god. (3rd work)
Series statement
  1. Weston Woods DVD library
  2. Caldecott collection
Subject
  1. Anansi (Legendary character)
  2. Short films
  3. Animated films
  4. Caldecott Medal
  5. Folklore -- Africa, West
  6. Tales -- Africa, West
  7. Folklore -- Cameroon
  8. Tales -- Cameroon
  9. Dwellings -- Folklore
Contents
  1. Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears / retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon ; produced by Morton Schindel ; adapted and directed by Gene Deitch -- Village of round and square houses / by Ann Grifalconi ; produced by Paul R. Gagne ; directed by David R. Paight -- Story, a story / by Ann Grifalconi ; produced by Morton Schindel ; adapted and directed by Gene Deitch.
Call number
  1. DVDR 143 W
Note
  1. Animated and iconographic.
  2. Original productions: c1984 (1st work), c1989 (2nd work), c1973 (3rd work).
  3. Special features: on-screen learning guides.
Credits (note)
  1. Animation, Oldrich Haberle ; paintings, Miluse Hluchanicova ; music, Vaclav Kubica ; camera, Jaroslava Zimova ; narrator, James Earl Jones. (1st work) Narrator, Cheryl Lynn Bruce ; music, Arthur Custer ; adapted by Ann Grifalconi and David R. Paight. (2nd work) Narrator, John Akar ; African music, recreated by Vaclav Kubica ; animation, Jaroslava Blagoevova, Bohumil Sejda ; background paintings, Bohumil Siska. (3rd work)
System details (note)
  1. DVD.
Language (note)
  1. In English with optional English subtitles.
Title
  1. Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears and other Caldecott classics [videorecording] / Weston Woods presents.
Imprint
  1. Westport, Conn. : Weston Woods ; [New York] : Scholastic, 2002.
Series
  1. Weston Woods DVD library
  2. Caldecott collection
System details
  1. DVD.
Credits
  1. Animation, Oldrich Haberle ; paintings, Miluse Hluchanicova ; music, Vaclav Kubica ; camera, Jaroslava Zimova ; narrator, James Earl Jones. (1st work) Narrator, Cheryl Lynn Bruce ; music, Arthur Custer ; adapted by Ann Grifalconi and David R. Paight. (2nd work) Narrator, John Akar ; African music, recreated by Vaclav Kubica ; animation, Jaroslava Blagoevova, Bohumil Sejda ; background paintings, Bohumil Siska. (3rd work)
Language
  1. In English with optional English subtitles.
Added author
  1. Aardema, Verna.
  2. Dillon, Diane.
  3. Dillon, Leo.
  4. Jones, James Earl.
  5. Deitch, Gene.
  6. Grifalconi, Ann.
  7. Paight, David R.
  8. Bruce, Cheryl Lynn.
  9. Akar, John Joseph.
Publisher no.
  1. DVD626 Weston Woods
ISBN
  1. 1555928609
Research call number
  1. DVDR 143 W
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