How Anansi Spun Madras — Illustrated Softcover Edition

Description

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 howÕs and whyÕs 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 dŽcor. This tale will leave you at the edge of your seat wondering what will happen to our main characters next. Once Òduh wheel bends and duh story endsÓ, 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.

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