| Title | : | Anansi Goes to Lunch (Story Cove: A World of Stories) |
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| ISBN | : | 0874838525 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780874838527 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2007 |
Anansí Goes to Lunch is another story from the series of West African folktales about Anansi, the trickster spider. In this story, Anansí 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 Anansí 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.
Anansi Goes to Lunch (Story Cove: A World of Stories) Reviews
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You can't eat three lunches at the same time.
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This was another version of How Spider got a Tiny Waist. I think I prefered the original but this was a fun take on it.
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The story of how greedy Anansi accepts multiple lunch invitations for the day leads to how spiders got their tiny waists.
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Absolutely brilliant. My four year old nephew and I both love it. Perfect storytelling.
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Anansi is a very greedy spider so his friends invite him to lunch and he agrees to have lunch with all of them, on the same day. Anansi ties a string around his waist so his friend ( a hippo, an elephant and a zebra) can tug it and let him know that lunch is ready. Anansi did not expect lunch would be ready at the same time and found himself being pulled this way and that way as his friends tugged on the string. Eventually all the strings popped off after they has squashed his waist.
Anansi learned it was not a good idea to be so greedy and that is why a spider has a small waist.
Story is a fun to read with colourful images. Could be useful for children who have a fear of spiders to see such colourful images of a spider. -
Max's review:
It wasn't that good. -
(Reading through many of the stories at stories.audible.com, made available for free for the covid stay-at-home.)
