Eric A Kimmel
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 4
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 5
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
8) Cactus soup
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn.
10) The hero Beowulf
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A simple, brief retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Ecgtheow, to save the people of Heorot Hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.