A spider tricks other animals into thinking a melon can talk. Kimmel's imaginative retellings combined with Janet Stevens' expressive illustrations create the perfect silly stories for fun-loving kids. Based on tales originating in West Africa and familiar in Caribbean culture, the five-book Anansi the Trickster series is full of slapstick humor and mischief. Even the King loses his temper over Anansi's bold remarks-but how will the Spider free himself? Anansi's quick thinking will delight readers who love to watch a master trickster at work, and the bold illustrations of the animals' frustrated faces are sure to make kids laugh. But Anansi can't resist the opportunity to make jokes at the expense of everyone they meet. When his melon begins talking, Elephant is so impressed he decides to take it to show the king. When Anansi the Spider gets stuck in a melon, he decides to pass his time by doing what he's best at-tricking the other animals around him. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. Heide Piehler, Shorewood Public Library, WIĬopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Stevens's anthropomorphic animals are both expressive and endearing. The colorful line-and-wash illustrations are filled with movement and playful energy. The snappy narration is well suited for individual reading or group sharing. The same elements that made Kimmel's earlier books popular are in evidence here. Of course, the resulting mayhem only adds to Anansi's delight. King Monkey, skeptical at first, becomes irate when the melon insults him. Along the way he is joined by Hippo, Warthog, Ostrich, Rhino, and Turtle. Elephant can't wait to share his discovery with King Monkey. The always sneaky spider decides it is a perfect opportunity to play a trick and so convinces the animal that he owns a talking melon. In this tale, lazy Anansi eats his way into Elephant's melon but is then too bloated to crawl out. Kindergarten-Grade 2-Another of Kimmel's retellings of the fabled African spider and his escapades, joining Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock (1990) and Anansi Goes Fishing (1992, both Holiday).
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