Title: Anansi Goes Fishing
Retold by: Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Janet Stevens
Type: Picture Book
Ages: 4-8 years old
Rating: 4
Summary: Anansi the spider, is tricked by his friend the turtle to do all the work to catch a fish but does not get to eat the fish with the turtle.
I really enjoyed this story because Anansi's plan was to trick the turtle into catching fish for him but it backfires. Also the entire book I kept thinking that if Anansi is a spider why is he wasting his time weaving a net when he could easily build a web, being a spider? Than at the end I learn why. It states,
"But some good came out of out. Anansi learned how to weave nets and how to use them to catch food. He taught his friends how to do it, and they taught their friends. Soon spiders all over the world were weaving. To this day, wherever you find spiders, you will find their nets. They are called spider webs."
I thought this was interesting twist to the story. This story seems to be a story about fairness and injustice but than you also learn "where spider webs come from" I think this would be a fun story for younger children in preschool. Preschoolers often ask why? This would be a good book to teach them about spider webs and give them definitive answer of why spiders make webs to catch food.
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