This is a great folktale to use for cross curriculum. The illustrations are beautiful and truly capture the Western African culture. I have my students locate Africa on a world map. Then I explain to my students that Africa has deserts, mountains, grasslands, and tropical rain forests. It’s really important to build background knowledge before reading the folktale. I read the folktale "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears" aloud to my students. In this lesson, students will draw on their prior k