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Loading... Anansi Does The Impossible!: An Ashanti Taleby Verna Aardema
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  AwXomeMan | Dec 10, 2009 |  Anansi the clever spider is a true mainstay in African folktales. This particular tale is from the Ashanti people and also includes Anansi's cunning wife, Aso. For this adventure, they take on the mighty challenge of buying back all of the folktales from the Sky God, but it will be no easy task. Anansi and Aso somehow manage to come up with an ingenious plan for locating and delivering all of the very rare, and very precarious items the Sky God demands. jaytuck.NW | Dec 6, 2009 | This book is about how Anansi the Spider takes on the sky, in order to claim the folktales so that he can share with the people. He is given 3 task by the sky, which are impossible, but Anansi the spider uses he trickery, to complete all the task. It is a very good book with great illustrations. Kchiotti | Feb 27, 2009 | 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 to do monumental tasks and in the end they do. This book would be good for ethnic story telling. It would also be a good example of good team work, as well as a little thought goes a long way. (  ) lauraklandoll | Feb 12, 2009 | 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 movement in this story. It's nice to see Aso as such a hero too. I would definitely include this in a curriculum about myth for lower elementary. It gives great life to an often overlooked and rich mythological culture. ( ) dylantanner | Dec 7, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0689839332, Paperback)Long ago, when the earth was set down and the sky was lifted up, all the folktales were owned by the Sky God. And Anansi, that cunning little spider, was determined to buy them back. The payment? A live python, one real fairy, and forty-seven stinging hornets. Not such a high price to pay for all the folktales on earth. But how will Anansi find these hard to come bgy items? It sounds impossible! There's only one way to find the help he needs -- Anansi must go to his clever wife, Aso. But will she be smart enough to outwit the Sky God and get the stories back? This humorous retelling of an Ashanti tale brings Anansi together with his better half in an ingenious scheme that will delight readers of all ages!(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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I enjoyed this book because Anansi was so clever. He used his brain rather than brawn to accomplish his goals.
I would use this book in a unit on folktales and also in a lesson teaching problem solving skills. (