Adapted and Illustrated by Gerald McDermott
Scolastic Inc.
Copyright 1972
Traditional Literature
20 pages
This story is about Anansi the spider. He has six sons. Each son has a special talent and a name to go along with the special talent. One day Anansi goes on a journey but becomes lost and falls into trouble! The six sons use their special talents to bring their father home. How will their father Anansi ever repay his sons for their help? Read the story to find out!
The illustrations in this story are made of arrangements of geometric shapes. The artwork in the story is pre separated into four colors. The type is Helvetica and the book is printed by offset. The colors used throughout the story are warm colors such as red and orange. It is very vibrant and the bold lines make the pictures pop off the page.
This story could be used across the curriculum as a science lesson on spiders. Also, it could be used as a math lesson. You could have a map set out that shows Anansi's journey and the students could use a ruler to measure the distance between each destination. This book could also be used as an art project where the students create their own spider using different geometric shapes and then they can make up a special talent for their spider and name it. This book was awarded a Caldecott Honor award.
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