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Lazy Anansi
Ghanaian folktale
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Credits & Licence
Originally published by African Storybook Initiative.
Author - Ghanaian folktale Illustration - Wiehan de Jager Language - English Level - Read aloud © African Storybook Initiative 2014 Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 Source www.africanstorybook.org Original source
author: Ghanaian folktale. illustrator: Wiehan de Jager.
Cover resized and converted to WebP; story unchanged. Suitabook’s guidance is a separate analysis.
Original Book on African Storybook: Lazy Anansi (opens in a new tab)- Reading
- Pause at each new invitation and ask what Anansi is trying to achieve. After the ending, let the reader describe the pictures and decide what they make of his embarrassment.
- Themes
- Avoiding helping: Anansi visits friends for food but declines their requests to help cook, arranging instead to be called when each meal is ready. His choices lead to pain and embarrassment, but the story does not state a general lesson about work or sharing.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes physical pain: Anansi cries out as his legs are stretched, and they do not return to their usual shape. He also feels embarrassed.