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1. Anansi and the moss-covered rock

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Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
NoveList Series:
Anansi books volume 1.
Series:
Anansi books volume 1
Language:
English
Formats:
Book, Book with Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook
Description:
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick allthe other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson. Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

2. Anansi and the talking melon

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Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
NoveList Series:
Anansi books volume 3.
Series:
Anansi books volume 3
Language:
English
Formats:
Book, Book with Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

3. The talking vegetables

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Author:
Paye, Won-Ldy
Publisher:
Henry Holt
Pub. Date:
2006
Language:
English
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Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction
J 398.2089963 Paye
Description:
After Spider refuses to help the villagers plant the vegetables, he is in for a surprise when he goes to pick some for himself.

4. Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone

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Author:
French, Fiona
Publisher:
Little, Brown
Pub. Date:
[1991]
Language:
English
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Description:
Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone attempt to win the hand of the beautiful Miss Louise by making her laugh.

5. Anansi and the magic stick

Book cover for "Anansi and the magic stick".
Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
NoveList Series:
Anansi books volume 4.
Series:
Anansi books volume 4
Language:
English
Formats:
Book, Book with Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook
Description:
Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.

6. Tiger soup: an Anansi story from Jamaica

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Author:
Temple, Frances
Publisher:
Orchard Books
Pub. Date:
[1994]
Language:
English
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Description:
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.

7. Spider and his son find wisdom: an Akan tale

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Author:
Lilly, Melinda
Series:
African tales and myths
Publisher:
Rourke Press
Pub. Date:
[1998]
Language:
English
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Description:
While trying to gather up all the wisdom he thinks he has wasted on the villagers, Ananse the spider learns something new himself.

8. Anansi does the impossible!: an Ashanti tale

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Author:
Aardema, Verna
Publisher:
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[1997]
Language:
English
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Description:
Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people.

9. Ananse and the lizard: a West African tale

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Author:
Cummings, Pat
Publisher:
Henry Holt
Pub. Date:
[2002]
Language:
English
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Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction
J 398.209667 Cumm
Description:
Ananse the spider thinks he will marry the daughter of the village chief, but instead he is outsmarted by Lizard.

10. Don't leave an elephant to go and chase a bird

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Author:
Berry, James, 1924-2017
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[1996]
Language:
English
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Description:
Anancy Spiderman trades various items with the people he encounters, until he himself is distracted by a bird and ends up empty-handed.

11. Anansi goes fishing

Book cover for "Anansi goes fishing".
Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
NoveList Series:
Anansi books volume 2.
Series:
Anansi books volume 2
Language:
English
Formats:
Book, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
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.

12. Spiderman Anancy

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Author:
Berry, James, 1924-2017
Publisher:
H. Holt
Pub. Date:
1989
Language:
English
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Description:
A collection of twenty tales recounting the antics of the West Indian trickster Anancy and his companions Bro Monkey, Bro Dog, and Bro Tiger.

13. A story, a story: an African tale

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Author:
Haley, Gail E.
Series:
Journeys 2014
Reading rainbow book
Language:
English
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Boulder Main Childrens Nonfiction
J 398.20966 Hale
Description:
Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

14. Ananse's feast: an Ashanti tale

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Author:
Mollel, Tololwa M. (Tololwa Marti)
Publisher:
Clarion Books
Pub. Date:
[1997]
Language:
English
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Description:
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.

15. Anansi's party time

Book cover for "Anansi's party time".
Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
NoveList Series:
Anansi books volume 5.
Series:
Anansi books volume 5
Language:
English
Formats:
Book, Book with Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook
Description:
When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.

16. Spider and the Sky God: an Akan legend

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Author:
Chocolate, Deborah M. Newton
Series:
Legends of the world
Publisher:
Troll Associates
Pub. Date:
[1993]
Language:
English
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Description:
Ananse the Spider uses trickery to capture the four prizes demanded by the Sky God in payment for his stories.

17. Anansi and the golden pot

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Author:
Selasi, Taiye
Publisher:
DK
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Boulder Main Children Picture Book
J P Sela
Description:
"Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this...

18. Anansi's party time

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Publisher:
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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Description:
When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.

19. Brother Anansi and the cattle ranch

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Author:
De Sauza, James
Publisher:
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date:
[1989]
Language:
English
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Description:
A bilingual folk tale in which Brother Anansi persuades Brother Tiger to go into the cattle-raising business.

20. Anansi finds a fool: an Ashanti tale

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Author:
Aardema, Verna
Publisher:
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date:
[1992]
Language:
English
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Description:
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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