Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

What a great trickster tale! No actual harm is done. The smallest animal is the one that outwits Anansi. The illustrations are both adorable and hilarious - you've just got to see Rhinoceros lying on his back. I'd give it five stars but I'm not entirely sure this would work for/ is important for ...

from dlow

Local author, intersting story, that promotes understanding, kindness, and knowledge. I would use this story in the classroom to promote social skills for my students. There is trickery involved in the story, but that is what makes the story interesting.

from perihan

Anansi the Spider finds a strange moss-covered rock in the forest. He tricks all the other animals with the stick and steals all their fruit. Little Bush Deer decides to teach Anansi a lesson by tricking him with his own trick and gets all the fruit back for the animals.

from mzaro13

Anansi, the spider, finds a magical moss covered rock in the forest. He figures out that if he says "isn't that a strange moss covered rock" he passes out for an hour. He decides to play this trick on several of his friends including the lion. When they fall asleep he takes their food. However hi...

from ElenaEstrada

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, retold by Eric A. Kimmel is an African folklore tale of a spider who is a trickster. Anansi discovers a magical moss-covered rock in the forest and uses it to trick the Lion, Elephant, Giraffe, and Zebra. Quickly Anansi is able to steal a multitude of food from t...