Verna Aardema

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Verna Norberg Aardema Vugteveen, best known by the name Verna Aardema, was a writer of children's books.

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Books by Verna Aardema

Anansi Does the Impossible!

An Ashanti Tale

By Verna Aardema

Illustrated by Lisa Desimini

Long ago, when the earth was set down and the sky was lifted up, all the folktales were owned by the Sky God. And Anansi, that cunning little spider, was determined to buy them back. The payment? A live python, one real fairy, and forty-seven stinging hornets. Not such a high price to pay for all...

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