Anansi does the Impossible: Verna Aardema

This international tale is one that I read when I was younger. The story regales the tale of a small spider who wants to know all the tales of the Sky God. The Sky God feels like this is an impossible task, so he feels confident in assuming that the small spider cannot fulfill his lofty demands for the price of the stories. He talks with his wife, who helps him figure out how to catch a live python, a real fairy and 47 hornets. He pays the full price the Sky God set for the stories and receives them at the end of the tale, after completing tasks men could not do. The story is exciting, the illustrations are beautiful, and the children will love the onomatopoeia that is developed throughout the story. This would be a fantastic read aloud for younger children especially, who would really get into the characters and sounds portrayed.