Anansi and the Talking Melon

Now, I have been reading the “Anansi” series ever since I was little and I was always so amazed at the gorgeous artwork and the hilarious writing in each book! So, when I stumbled upon another “Anansi” story that was written by Eric A. Kimmel along with illustrations by Janet Stevens, I was pleasant......more

Elephant works industriously in his garden while that trickster spider Anansi watches, yearning after the melons he is too lazy to cultivate himself. When Elephant goes inside for a rest, Anansi eats his way into the ripest melon, but gorges so much that he is too fat to get out again. Convincing El......more

Genre- Children's books- Traditional literature This fun story is about a spider, Anansi, that makes a whole in one of Elephant's melons then cannot get out because he was too big to fit back through the small whole. He decides to have a little fun with this situation and makes the animals think that......more