Anansi and the Apple Tree

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When a hungry spider named Anansi teams up with his friend Turtle to pull off a daring apple heist, he realizes that friendship can be a rocky road, learning a valuable lesson about peer pressure along the way. Written by an elementary school teacher inspired by a class writing project, this book aims to pass on a lesson from his classroom to future generations of young people.Note from the Author:When I was in Kindergarten, I remember hearing stories of Anansi the Spider, a great trickster, master manipulator, and fair-weather friend with a penchant for trouble and a belly that was never quite full. There is something fiercely relatable about a character who uses wit and charm to try and change their situation. Just as my amazing teachers shared these stories with me, I now have the joy of sharing them with new generations of students. In my classrooms we read them often, talking of the antics of Anansi and using the lessons he learns to sculpt our own classroom compass.Inspired by Anansi stories originating from the Ashanti people in West Africa, my 2017-2018 Senior Kindergarten class decided to create our very own Anansi story. We worked in committees to research, design, write, illustrate, and assemble the original story. Each of these committees collaborated and exchanged information with the others, emulating the oral storytelling origins of Anansi the Spider. The students started by identifying a lesson they wanted to pass along to future Kindergarten students and then crafted a story that fit that message. The lesson they decided to pass along was: When someone is giving you bad advice, listen to your own ideas, not the ideas of others.I hope that this book can serve as inspiration for future generations of young storytellers and writers to go out and tell their stories.Warmly, Simon Lockwood-BeanP.S. I made a book trailer if you are still not convinced, check it out here!