Title: Anansi and the Talking Melon
Author & Illustrator: Eric A. Kimmel and Janet Stevens Copyright: 1994 Publisher: Holiday House, Inc. Medium: N/A Summary: This trickster tale is about a clever spider named Anansi who finds a melon, makes a hole in the melon and then crawls inside to begin eating. Once Anansi is full, he discovers he cannot get out. He grows bored and plays a trick on Elephant who think the melon in which Anansi is hiding in can talk. Ideal Students: I believe students who have African roots will enjoy the adaption of this story about clever Anansi. Core Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. This books fits with standard because this is folktale from African that has a central theme for readers to understand.
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