How Anansi Spun Madras Paperback
Anansi in the Caribbean Series
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Each book purchase comes with
- Access to the full audio book
- 27 vocabulary words
- 3 activities
- Mini Crucian Dictionary
Traditional African folklore has been embedded in Caribbean culture for centuries. These stories, passed down by local culture bearers through orated performances, are designed to explain the how’s and why’s of our world through the use of ancestral African characters, captivating dialect, and imagery. How Anansi Spun Madras tells the tale of three very good friends and how pride, greed, and sloth (laziness) cost them their friendship and nearly cost them their lives. Join us as we explain how our favorite folk hero and renowned trickster, Anansi the Spider, deceives his friends Parrot and Tiger and gets in a bind with the local Obeah man. In his own cowardice, Anansi accidentally creates the beautiful fabric known as madras, used for generations throughout the Caribbean to create ethnic costumes and décor. This tale will leave you at the edge of your seat wondering what will happen to our main characters next. Once “duh wheel bends and duh story ends”, you will walk away with a new perspective on why tigers, birds, and spiders, to this very day, never seem to get along. In fact, kids and parents alike may even learn a few life lessons along the way.
Details
- Publication Date
- Jun 5, 2023
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781312484733
- Category
- Children's
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Torhera Durand, Illustrated by: Eduardo Pupa
Specifications
- Pages
- 47
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- US Letter Landscape (11 x 8.5 in / 279 x 216 mm)
Keywords
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