A classic trickster folktale told with humor and charm this is a perfect read along book both parents and children will love. When Anansi the Spider finds a strange moss-covered rock in the forest he uses it to trick all his animal friends. But Little Bush Deer is onto Anansi s scheme and hatches a plan to beat him at his own game. Based on tales originating in West Africa and familiar in Caribbean culture the five-book Anansi the Trickster series is full of slapstick humor and mischief. Eric A. Kimmel s imaginative energy combined with Janet Stevens expressive illustrations create the perfect silly stories for fun-loving kids.