Anansi Books

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Anansi and the Magic Stick by Eric Kimmel It's a fine bright day, and all the animals are working, working, working- all except Anansi, that is! Anansi is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping, as usual. The Warthog, Lion, and Zebra wake up Anansi as they laugh at his lazy ways and messy yard. Anansi will show them! He walks, walks, walks, ... right into an amazing secret.
	Anansi and the Talking Melon Retold by Eric Kimmel One fine morning Anansi the Spider drops into Elephant's melon patch. He takes a thorn from a tree and uses it to poke a hole in a big, juicy melon. He squeezes inside and starts eating. Anansi eats and eats until he is as round as a berry. Now he has a real problem - he's too fat to climb back out of the melon! While he waits to get thin again, he decides to have some fun. He talks to Elephant. Elephant is so impressed with "the talking melon" that he takes it to show the king. How Anansi amuses himself by fooling the other animals on the journey will delight readers who like to watch a good trickster at work.
Anansi And The Moss Covered Rock Retold by Eric Kimmel Anansi the Spider is walking through the forest when something catches his eye. It is a strange moss-covered rock. When Anansi discovers that the rock has special powers, he uses its magic to trick Lion, Elephant, Giraffe, and Zebra. Little Bush Deer will not be fooled, however, and uses the rock to teach Anansi a lesson.
	Anansi Goes Fishing Retold by Eric Kimmel One fine afternoon, Anansi the Spider sees his friend Turtle walking along the river carrying a large fish. "Where did you get that fish?" he asks. Turtle replies, "I caught it today when I went fishing." Anansi likes to eat fish, but he is much too lazy to catch them for himself. He decides to trick Turtle into catching a fish for him instead. Young readers will laugh as they watch Anansi's plan backfire in this companion volume to Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock.