The illustrations here are by Marcia Brown. Artists always have a hard choice with "tiger" in African (where tiger refers to a panther) and African Diaspora stories, especially in places like Jamaica that are without big cats. So, she drew Tiger as a tiger; here's Tiger and Sis Duck:
Here is a list of the stories you will find in that book: From Tiger to Anansi /
Brother Breeze and the Pear Tree /
Anansi and the Old Hag /
Anansi and Turtle and Pigeon /
Kisander /
The Kling Kling Bird /
Bandalee /
Yung-Kyung-Pyung /
Anansi and the Plantains /
Anansi and Fish Country /
Ticky-Picky Boom-Boom /
Anansi and the Alligator Eggs /
Anansi and the Crabs /
The Quarrel.
Plus, there is also this smaller collection: The Illustrated Anansi.
This book has lots of colorful illustrations by Petrina Wright; here you can see Alligator and Anansi (who is imagined as more person than spider):
These are the stories you will find: From Tiger to Anansi /
Anansi and Turtle and Pigeon /
The Quarrel /
Anansi and the Crabs.
Sherlock's work was an important source for my collection of "tiny tales" about Anansi from Caribbean sources: Tiny Tales of Anansi (the stories are just 100 words each!).
You can also get that book as an epub or PDF, or even listen to me reading the stories, here: Anansi.LauraGibbs.net.
There can never be too many Anansi stories IMO! Enjoy!
Anansi the Spider Man
by Philip Sherlock
by Philip Sherlock
by Laura Gibbs
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