This story is about a father spider named Anansi who has six sons each with their own you unique gift. One son can see trouble, one can build roads, one can drink water from rivers, one is a game skinner, one can throw stones and another one is as soft as a cushion. One day Anansi sets out on a journey but encounters danger along the way. Each of his six sons’ uses their special gifts and all their effort together save their father. One day while in the forest, he finds a mysterious globe of light. He decides that he wants to give it to one of his six sons for rescuing him, but he can’t decide who to give it to. He asks for help from the GOD of All Things, Nyame. Since neither of them can decide, Nyame takes the great globe up into the sky for all to see.

I enjoyed this story because children of all ages can relate. The younger children see it as a rescue story. The older children see it as a story were everyone plays their part to get something accomplished. I would recommend this book to anyone who have children and wants to teach them about working together.

I can incorporate this story into my class by having my students draw a picture of the father spider and his six sons. I could also put them in pairs of to and give them an assignment to accomplish as a group, each playing their role to get the assignment accomplished. Finally, I could have them rewrite a short, similar story using their favorite animal or insect.

This book was about a spider named Anansi, He had 6 sons and named them See Trouble, Road builder, River drinker, Game skinner, Stone thrower, and Cushion. As we read, father gets into trouble and each son is able to help their father with each of their talents. Father found a gift for one of his sons for helping him, but did not know which one to give it to since all of them helped him. He called Nyame, The god of all things, to hold on to this gift. As they continued to argue, Nyame took it and put it in the sky. It is the moon.

I enjoyed this story because it had suspense when we did not know what the gift was until the end. It relates to real life because it makes children think if thats really where the moon came from.

In the classroom, I would make spider cupcakes with different characteristics and ask the children to give each a name based on the characteristics. I would also have a poll to see where each child thinks the moon came from. ( )

This book is about a father spider and his six sons. Each son has a very special gift. Father spider got lost one night. Each son, using their gift, helped rescue their father. Father spider was so thankful for his sons. One night, father found a beautiful, white globe and wanted to give it to the son that deserved it the most. He could not decide who deserves it the most so it sits in the sky until he does.

I thought this was a cute book with a happy ending. Positive teamwork is important. Everyone is special in their own way!

I would have students create a spider out of construction paper. As another part to this activity, I would have my students create a special talent/gift that their special spider would have. ( )

LIke the other McDermott books I have read, the artwork drives the story. This book provides a nice moral concerning family cooperation, everyone's intrinsic value, and a legend about how we got the moon. the text in the book is simple, but does not use formal grammer in an effort to privide ethnic authenticity to the story. Some readers may stumbel with decoding due to the missing words. Mayeb a read aloud would be better for this book as a result. ( )

The pages of this book are fun and intriguing. You can stare at them for a while. The story is of a father who has six sons with special talents. They use their talents to save the father. When the father can't decide who to reward, he calls on Nyame, god of all things to help him. Nyame rewards them all with a bright moon in the night sky. ( )