Africa at the Internet Archive: Eric Kimmel

Today I want to feature the children's books by Eric Kimmel; here's his website. He has written a series of books about Anansi (see below), and he is also the author of this book based on a North African tale: Rimonah of the Flashing Sword: A North African Tale.

The illustrations by Omar Rayyan are beautiful; for more of his work, see his website: StudioRayyan.com.

For the Anansi books, Kimmel's illustrator is Janet Stevens; here are five of their Anansi books which you can borrow from the Internet Archive, starting with the "talking melon," one of my favorite Anansi stories!

Anansi and the Talking Melon

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock

Anansi Goes Fishing

Anansi and the Magic Stick

Anansi's Party Time

Kimmel is also the author of many other folktale books, including a series of books inspired by Jewish storytelling traditions; you can find lots of his other books, just a click away, at Internet Archive: Eric Kimmel, in addition to his books based on African stories, all just waiting for you to read and enjoy.