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jmanchester0's review
3.0
This book starts out with a little history on Anansi:
Since this falls under Central America, this book is written in both English and Spanish.
I was surprised that there didn't seem to be an origin myth related in this story. And there didn't seem to be a cohesive message to the overall story.
Otherwise, it was interesting to see Anansi pull one over on Brother Tiger.
Brother Anansi, the spider, is a folk hero from the Ashanti people of West Africa. He also lives in the Caribbean, in Central America, and in North America - wherever African-American people tell his stories. Sometimes he is a man; sometimes he is a spider. Sometimes he is good; sometimes he is bad. But he is always very, very tricky.
Since this falls under Central America, this book is written in both English and Spanish.
I was surprised that there didn't seem to be an origin myth related in this story. And there didn't seem to be a cohesive message to the overall story.
Otherwise, it was interesting to see Anansi pull one over on Brother Tiger.
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