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The first adventures of Spider
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Joyce Cooper Arkhurst |
Presents abridged versions of three previously-published tales of clever and crafty Spider, also called Anansi. |
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Ananse and the lizard
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Pat Cummings |
Ananse the spider thinks he will marry the daughter of the village chief, but instead he is outsmarted by Lizard. |
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Spider and his son find wisdom
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Lilly, Melinda. |
While trying to gather up all the wisdom he thinks he has wasted on the villagers, Ananse the spider learns something new himself. |
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Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
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Kwame Mbalia,Amir Abdullah |
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Anansi and the tug of war
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Lesley Sims |
Anansi, the African trickster spider, tells Elephant and Rhino he can beat them both in a tug of war. To their astonishment, he does ... or does he? |
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The parade
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K. P. Kojo |
Presents new fanciful tales featuring Ananse the spider that use the folklore tradition of Ghana as their inspiration. |
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First palm trees
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Berry, James |
The West Indian trickster Anancy Spiderman tries to persuade Sun-Spirit, Water-Spirit, Earth-Spirit, and Air-Spirit to create the world's first palm trees so that he can collect a reward from the kin… |
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Anansi finds a fool
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Verna Aardema |
Lazy Anansi seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself. |
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Spider and the Sky God
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Dave Albers,Deborah M. Newton Chocolate |
Ananse the Spider uses trickery to capture the four prizes demanded by the Sky God in payment for his stories. |
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Tiger Soup
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Frances Temple |
After tricking Tiger into leaving the soup he has been cooking, Anansi the spider eats the soup himself and manages to put the blame on the monkeys. |
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Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone
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Fiona French |
Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone attempt to win the hand of the beautiful Miss Louise by making her laugh. |
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Brother Anansi and the cattle ranch
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James De Sauza |
A bilingual folk tale in which Brother Anansi persuades Brother Tiger to go into the cattle-raising business. |
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How spider tricked snake
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Mirna Benitez |
An easy-to-read Jamaican folk tale featuring Anansi the spider. |
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Anansi goes fishing
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Eric A. Kimmel |
Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs. |
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Anansi the spider man
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Philip M. Sherlock |
Meet Mulla Nasruddin, a legendary character whose adventures and misadventures are enjoyed across the Islamic world. This witty collection of stories portrays his eccentric, engaging and irreverent c… |
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Ananse's Feast
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Tololwa M. Mollel |
Unwilling to share his feast, Ananse the spider tricks Akye the turtle so that he can eat all the food himself, but Akye finds a way to get even. |
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