African Diaspora at Internet Archive: More Anansi

I had so much fun with the children's books last week that I decided to carry on for another week! I'm starting with two Anansi books. The first is a bilingual book in Spanish and English: Brother Anansi and the Cattle Ranch by James De Sauza, adapted by Harriet Rohmer. The Spanish title is El Hermano Anansi y el Rancho de Ganado.

Harriet Rohmer heard the story from James de Sauza, a carpenter in Nicaragua, who told the story to her in Creole.

The English and Spanish versions appear side by side:

The illustrations are by Stephen van Mason, who has chosen to portray the folkloric "Tiger" as a jaguar:

The other book is by Anne Adeney: Anansi the Banana Thief: An African-Caribbean Tale.

I recognized this story because I included a similar story about Anansi, Monkey and Tiger in my 100-word Anansi story book! 

The illustrations are by Yannick Robert.

We can never have too many Anansi stories IMO! And The Internet Archive abounds in them. :-)

Brother Anansi and the Cattle Ranch

by James De Sauza

Anansi the Banana Thief:

An African-Caribbean Tale

by Anne Adeney