Anansi Goes Fishing: 2 (Anansi the Trickster)

There are two parts to any job - the doing of the work, and the getting tired that follows. Turtle, teaching Anansi to fish, invites Anansi to take his pick: the work or the tiredness? Anansi is not keen on work, but he hates the getting tired...Anansi, the man-spider from Ashantiland in Ghana, is the star of scores of fantastic traditional tales, but Eric Kimmel and Janet Stephens have chosen and re-presented four of the funniest and most bizarre (the other three are 'Anansi and the Talking Melon', 'Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock' and 'Anansi and the Magic Stick'). Each of these books has exuberant illustrations and language, with spot on timing - kids from 5 upwards will be enthralled.(......)