Anansi Goes Fishing (Anansi the Trickster)

All the books in the Anansi series are fun! We love to read them to our children for many reasons: They learn something (at least somewhat) useful, they're enjoyable for them AND they're enjoyable for us! The kids love to see how someone will trick this lazy spider!The first time we found this book was in a library, and it was a 'book on tape' set. If you can find this, we recommend it, too, as the reader is very funny! :)In this book, Anansi wants a fish just like his friend the turtle has just caught. And what fun it is to see the logic turtle uses to get Anansi to do all the work while turtle 'gets tired'! We love this book! It is good clean fun! :)

This is a new family favorite for my boys (ages 1, 3, and 4) at bedtime. It is very well written and captures the spirit of Anansi the trickster.

I have followed Eric Kimmel for years and burst with laughter at his West African tales. My friend who is fluent in Minde described similar stories from his work in Sierra Leone when I worked there.Janet Stevens does an excellent job of illustrating the stories just like I had immagined the characters in my mind.

GREAT African folklore! LOVED it! You MUST get this if you have kids or if you just want to learn (even as an adult) about African folklore in general, and the ways in which Africans have told stories for centuries! Like all great stories from Africa, it ends with a "moral" or "lesson". So traditional stories on the continent are told for a reason, even though they are also very entertaining. Very easy reading for readers of ALL ages! I highly recommend it!

My 3rd graders love this book! It's a cute story and pairs really well with "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens.

Anansi Goes Fishing by Eric Kimmel is a wonderful example of a trickster tale. It has vivid and colorful illustrations that make the story pop. The storytelling is captivating and fun. My class of third graders really enjoy this book and really appreciate the fact that trickster tales come from all over the world.

Anansi, lazy spider, plans to trick Turtle out of his fish.Unfortunately, everybody knows what sort of a person Anansi is, and Turtle tricks him first. Well, truth be told, it's pretty funny to see how Anansi manages to outwit himself. Sure, Turtle facilitates it, but this is a prime example of how being lazy doesn't work if you don't also think. (And if you want to go deeper, the end of the story shows how if you constantly trick people, nobody believes you when you're the wronged party.)Really funny book, and there's probably a moral in there somewhere.

Grew up with Anansi books and wanted my daughter to grow up with em too. The book cam undamaged and clean. I appreciate that.