Anansi The Spider

By Gerald McDermott

Caldecott Honor book 

Anansi The Spider is a tale from the Ashanti where Anansi is a hero. In this book, Anansi relies on his sons to help save him from many of his ventures that go bad. However, when Anansi finds himself in a situation where his sons can't help him, he calls on Nyame to help him solve his problem. 

This book is appropriate for kindergarten classrooms because of its simple vocabulary and big bright pictures. The illustrations are so bright and colorful that I can understand why it would win a Caldecott. I would introduce this book with a picture walk where we flip through the book looking at the pictures and discussing what we think is happing and what we think will happen.