Why flies buzz
Subtitle: a traditional story from Africa
By: retold by Brenda Parkes ; illustrated by Kim Roberts-Smith
Contributors: Roberts-Smith, Kim
Series: Literacy 2000. Traditional tales. Stages 5-8; Literacy 2000
Publisher: Mimosa Publications Pty Ltd.; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Rigby
Published: 1992
Place of publication: [Hawthorn, Vic.]; Crystal Lake, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780732711382
Subjects: Flies; Readers (Elementary); Juvenile fiction
Description: A cumulative tale in which a fly sets off a chain of events resulting in a lot of trouble for the animals around him and causing the Great Spirit to punish him by taking away his abibity to speak.