This book is about how the "Spider Stories" of Ananse began. Ananse was a man who wanted to buy the stories of the Sky God. Ananse built a web that lead to the Sky God so he could talk to him. When Ananse asked if he could buy the stories from him, the Sky God laughed and told him that he had to pay the price by bringing him three things: Osebo the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see. Ananse being a cleaver man, retrieved all those things and brought it back to the Sky God. The Sky God was pleased and so he release the stories to Ananse which were scattered to the corners of the world including this one.
I would use this book to introduce folktales and talk about what they are. After reading this book we would discuss the characteristics of a folk tale and compare it to other genre.
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