Books like Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

The artwork here is fantastic. To me, it is something new from what I have been reading in the Caldecott genre. There are these large colorful patterns inside shapes that make up the jungle and the animals. This fable is about why mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears (like the title says) and it is caused by a chain of events that go on and on until a branch breaks and an owlet dies. The mother owl hoots up the sun and because she is sad, she will not call up the sun and they are in darkness. It also becomes like ‘there was an old woman who swallowed a fly’ in that each verse gets added as the story goes along.Mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears whining to ask if they are still in trouble, according to the myth. I thought it was a cute story and the artwork is something to checkout. It really is lovely.Both kids thought this was a fun story. At the end we were saying the rhyme together. They enjoyed the artwork also. The nephew liked the big python and he gave this 4 stars. The niece was very sad at the owlet dying. Nothing seemed to be done for the family, just blame given. She gave this story 4 stars as well.