Born: 1911   New Era , MI
Died: 2000
Parents: Alfred E. and Dora Norberg
Spouse: Albert Aardema (1st) Dr. Joel Vugteveen, Sr. (2nd)
Children: Austin, Paula Dufford

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	This for That	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers,	1997
	Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales of Africa	Folklore	Children	New York : Knopf : Distributed by Randam House	1994
	A Bookworm Who Hatched	Biography	Children	Katonah, N.Y. : R.C. Owen Publishers	1993
	Sebgugugu the glutton : a Bantu tale from Rwanda	Folklore	Children	Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.	1993
	Anansi Finds a Fool	Folklore	Children	New York : Knopf : Distributed by Randam House	1992
	Borreguita and the coyote : a tale from Ayutla, Mexico	Folklore	Children	New York: Knopf	1991
	Pedro & the padre : a tale from Jalisco, Mexico	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers	1991
	Traveling to Tondo : a tale of the Nkundo of Zaire	Folklore	Children	New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House	1991 -1994
	Rabbit makes a monkey of lion : a Swahili tale	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers	1989
	Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water : a Mpongwe tale	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers	1988
	Bimwili and the Zimwi	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Books for Young Readers	1985
	Oh, Kojo! How could you! : an Ashanti tale	Folklore	Children	New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers	1984
	The Vingananee and the tree toad : a Liberian tale	Folklore	Children	New York : F. Warne	1983
	What's so funny, Ketu? : a Nuer tale	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Press	1982
	Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Press	1981
	Who's in Rabbit's House?	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Press	1977
	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Press	1975
	Behind the Back of the Mountain	Folklore	Children	New York : Dial Press	1973
	Tales From the Third Ear	Folklore	Children	New York: E.P. Dutton	1969
	More Tales From the Story Hat	Folklore	Children	New York: Coward McCann	1966
	Otwe	Folklore	Children	New York : Coward-McCann	1960
	Tales From the Story Hat	Folklore	Children	New York : Coward-McCann	1960
	The Na of Wa	Folklore	Children	New York : Coward-McCann	1960
	The Sky God Stories	Folklore	Children	New York : Coward-McCann	1960

What is the aim or goal of your writing: My aim is to select the best tales which anthropologists and missionaries in the field have collected, and get them into the hands of children. I believe that an appreciation of the folk lore of other cultures promotes respect and understanding. And if the stories teach a lesson children ought to learn, that is a plus. I want my stories to be fun for children to read, and exciting but not scary enough to give them nightmares.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Name	Date
Traveling to Tondo, ALA Notable Book	1992
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: Caldecott winner	1976
Borreguita and the Coyote will be a Reading Rainbow Selection

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