| Anansí Goes to Lunch Contributor(s): Norfolk, Bobby (Author), Norfolk, Sherry (Author), Hoffmire, Baird (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0874838525 ISBN-13: 9780874838527 Publisher: August House Publishers OUR PRICE: $4.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Anansi is invited to three concurrent parties and wants to attend them all. He gives each of his hosts a rope to tug, ties the other end around his own waist, and waits to be summoned when the food is served -- but when all of the food is ready at the same time, Anansi is caught in the middle! That's why Spiders have small waists today. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Insects, Spiders, Etc. - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Africa |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2007016504 |
| Lexile Measure: 550 |
| Series: Welcome to Story Cove |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 7.98" W x 7.88" (0.22 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 124010 Reading Level: 3.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anansi, a trickster spider, gets a little too greedy in this West African folktale. Anansi Goes to Lunch is another story from the series of West African folktales about Anansi, the trickster spider. In this story, Anansi is invited to three different parties but realizes that it is not possible to attend all three of the lunches at the same time. He decides to tie a rope around his waist and then gives each of his hosts an end of the rope to tug. He then asks them to tug the rope when the food is ready so that he can make it to each party when lunch is served. But Anansi receives a surprise when all three lunches are ready at once and each of his friends tugs the rope at the same time. He gets caught in the middle when the rope pulls him in opposite directions and his waist is squeezed tightly in three places. Afterwards he waits for his waist to expand but it never does and that is why spiders now have such small waists. This trickster tale from Africa teaches readers the importance of citizenship, resourcefulness and responsibility. |