Folktale and Fairy Tale Resources in the CRC

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

Ananse the spider thinks he will marry the daughter of the village chief, but instead he is outsmarted by Lizard

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

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk

Anansi and his wife outsmart the Sky God and win back the beloved folktales of their people

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky

Originating in West Africa, these Anansi stories were heard by the author when he was a child in Jamaica. Marcia Brown also lived in Jamaica, so her gay black & white line drawings capture the spirit of these tales.

A bilingual folk tale in which Brother Anansi persuades Brother Tiger to go into the cattle-raising business

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