Spider and the Sky God

Spider and the Sky God
Author:
Publisher: Troll Communications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Anansi (Legendary character)
ISBN: 9780816728121

In this trickster tale, Ananse the spider must meet Sky God's challenge to prove that he can spin stories and tales as splendid as his spider webs.

Spider and the Sky God: An Akan Legend

Spider and the Sky God: An Akan Legend
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1993
Genre:
ISBN: 9780780728127

Ananse the Spider uses trickery to capture the four prizes demanded by the Sky God in payment for his stories.

Anansi and the Box of Stories

Anansi and the Box of Stories
Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2007-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580136559

The sky god Nyame owns all the stories in the world. He keeps them to himself in a box in his kingdom in the clouds. But Anansi thinks the stories should be shared by all creatures. So one day he strikes a bargain with the sky god. If Anansi can trick some of the earth’s fiercest and quickest creatures, Nyame will share his stories. Learn how Anansi wins the box of stories in this ancient tale from West Africa.

Anansi the Trickster Spider

Anansi the Trickster Spider
Author: Lynne Garner
Publisher: Mad Moment Media
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2018-09-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781999680732

Anansi The Trickster Spider - Volumes One and Two (16 short stories) The stories featured in this book introduce Anansi the Spider, a traditional African trickster character. Anansi is as clever as he is lazy and he loves to prove just how smart he is by tricking the people of the village and the animals of the jungle. Luckily Anansi is not always as clever as he likes to think he is. Sometimes everything backfires on him and he becomes the victim of his own tricks. This book contains 16 short stories that were originally published as two eBook volumes, available to download from Amazon. These stories are: - Anansi and the gum doll - How Anansi got to ride Tiger - How Anansi turned an ear of corn into one hundred goats - How Anansi won the stories of the Sky God - Why spiders stay on the ceiling - Anansi and the witch named 'Five' - Anansi and the pot of wisdom - Anansi and the Tommy (Thompson Gazelle) - How Anansi missed four parties on one night - Anansi invites Turtle to tea - Anansi, Fly and Ant win the sun - Anansi and the talking melon - Anansi and the moss covered rock - Why Anansi has thin, long legs - Anansi and the field of corn - Anansi and the tug of war For FREE Anansi themed activities and downloads visit www.anansi-spider.com

Anansi the Spider

Anansi the Spider
Author: Gerald McDermott
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2011-12-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780606209380

When the clever spider Anansi runs into difficulty on his long journey, he calls on his six sons for help.

American Gods

American Gods
Author: Neil Gaiman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2002-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0380789035

Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same...

A Story, a Story

A Story, a Story
Author: Gail E. Haley
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1970-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689205118

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations.