Anansi Does the Impossible : An Ashanti Tale

from lauraklandoll

This is an ashanti tale of two spiders that want to buy their folk tales from the Sky God. The price is three impossible tasks. The husband and wife team are able to meet these tasks. This book seems very different from most traditional fantasies I have read, but really it's not. The heros have t...

from AbigailAdams26

"Long, long ago, when the earth was set down and the sky was lifted up, all folktales were owned by the Sky God." So begins this story about the iconic West African trickster figure Anansi, who decides to buy the Sky God's stories for the people on earth. The price may seem impossibly high, but A...

from dylantanner

Anansi the spider and his clever wife Aso outwit the god of the sky with hornets a fairy and a python to win back his culture's stories. Children's Folktale I liked this book's language a lot. Sure the spiders look less authentic and more like 1990s hip hop throw backs, but you can feel the movem...

from AwXomeMan

This is the tale of how Anansi the spider purchases folktales from the Sky-God. The Sky-God tells Anansi to bring him Onini the Python, Osebo the Leopard, the Mmoboro Hornets, and Mmoatia, the dwarf. Anansi using his wits and cunning to capture them all and brings them to the Sky-God in exchange ...