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debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
3.0
James Berry assembles twenty stories about Jamaican trickster Anancy Spiderman and his companions Tiger, Rabat, Monkey-Mother and many more in this collection of folk tales. The tales read like they are being told by a wise storyteller. Berry shares stories about Tiger's attempts to gain the upper hand with Anancy, Anancy's bid to gain shiny things, the saving of Tacooma's tree, Monkey-Mother's stealing of Mrs Dog First Child. It's a collection of stories that are fresh, stories you have never heard before, stories that are clever as well as wise.
mat_tobin's review
3.0
This is the first James Berry I have read and being a fan of the Anansi trickster tales from Africa, I was looking forward to this a lot. Berry, who is by trade better known for his poetry, works well at bringing a blend of oral Jamaican language to the story in which he explores the witty and clever Anansi who will trick his friends as much as he will trick his enemies for his own gain - the first anti-hero perhaps?
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