Orem Library

Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do his chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.

Anansi the Spider's plan to trick his friend Turtle into doing all the work while he teaches Anansi to catch fish somehow gets turned around. While Anansi doesn't learn his lesson, he does learn the invaluable skill of weaving.

When three friends invite Anansi the Spider to lunch on the same day, he learns a lesson about greed.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

After tricking Tiger into leaving the soup he has been cooking, Anansi the spider eats the soup himself and manages to put the blame on the monkeys.

Wiley and the hairyman: adapted by Norfolk from African and world folklore. How the spider got a bald head: Anansi starts to do a good deed, but his appetites for food and mischief get in the way. Jack and the Three Sillies: an adventure story in which Jack must overcome frustration and deception to achieve his goal. Tilly and the eight steps: a child comes to respect her mom after mysterious things happen in her house. Anansi the Spider and his...

While trying to gather up all the wisdom he thinks he has wasted on the villagers, Ananse the spider learns something new himself.