Further Reading Book List for Lessons from Anansi the Spider
Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
Folktales and Stories from Around the World
- A Treasury of Children’s Literature by Armand Eisen
- A Year Full of Stories: 52 classic stories from all around the world by Angela McAllister
- Folktales of Mexico: Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Traditional Mexican Stories by Neil Philip
- How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? And Other Tales by Julius Lester (670L)
- The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends by DK, Joel Chandler Harris
- The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris (810L)
- The Day it Snowed Tortillas by Joe Hayes (690L)
- The Wise Fool: Fables from the Islamic World by Shahrukh Husain, Micha Archer (780L)
- Wisdom Tales from Around the World by Heather Forest (840L)
West African Folktales
- A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley (590L)
- Anansi and the Box of Stories by Stephen Krensky (580L)
- Anansi the Spider: A Tale from Ashanti by Gerald McDermott (430L)
- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
- Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion by Verna Aardema (540L)
- The Fire Children: A West African Folktale by Eric Maddern, Frane Lessac
- The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wague Diakite (910L)
- Who’s in Rabbit’s House? by Verna Aardema (520L)
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema (770L)
- Why the Sky is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson (800L)
- Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott (470L)
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