Mosquito [Hardcover]

Virginia Kroll (Author), Betsy LePlatt (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2011 | Grade Level: K and up

A pesky mosquito gets his due. Mosquito is a nuisance to all the animals as he buzzes about the forest. With fun word play, including rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia, each critter expresses its annoyance with him. Finally, Mosquito bothers the wrong neighbor, who ends the insect's career as resident pest. A list of mosquito facts appears at the end of this humorous children's story.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Mosquito is pestering the animals in the forest with her loud buzzes. In response, they all voice their unique replies, using a fun mix of word play, including rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. But as Cat yowls, "Oh, rats," and Doe sighs, "Dear me," Mosquito simply moves on to annoy someone else . . . until she meets Bat. An informational note in the back of the book lists what makes mosquitoes pests in the first place, where they're found, and how to avoid them. Virginia Kroll is a prolific children's author whose work has received numerous awards. Among her accolades are three Benjamin Franklin Awards, a Jane Addams Peace Association commendation, a Skipping Stones Multicultural Book Award, a KIND Book of the Year Award (Humane Society of the United States), an Outstanding Trade Book in the Field of Science, and an International Reading Association/Children's Book Council Children's Choice Award. Author of The Thanksgiving Bowl, also published by Pelican, Kroll lives in Hamburg, New York. Betsy LePlatt is a freelance designer and illustrator. She has worked for an advertising agency, corporate art departments, and product design departments. LePlatt lives with her husband and daughter in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

About the Author

Virginia Kroll is a prolific writer, with over sixty books published since 1992. A full-time author and speaker as well as a writing instructor with the Institute of Children's Literature, she writes on topics ranging from African folktales to universal themes such as siblings and heroes. She has received a long list of awards, including the 1998 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award for a parenting book, the Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year in 2004, and the International Reading Association/Children's Book Council 2004 Children's Choice Award.

BETSY LePLATT is a freelance designer and illustrator. She has worked for an advertising agency, corporate art department, and product design department. Her former clients include General Mills and Anagram International.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing (September 28, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589808835
• ISBN-13: 978-1589808836
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,312,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Virginia Kroll is the author of over fifty books for children and winner of a 2004 Children's choice award. A former elementary school teacher, she lives in New York with her husband and has raised six children of her own.