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Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson. Originally a West African tale, the moss-covered rock tale is also familiar in Caribbean culture, where Anansi is a beloved folklore character.

CLASSIC FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they...

Overview: Slowly, slowly, slowly ... that's how the sloth lives. He hangs upside-down from the branch of a tree, night and day, in the sun and in the rain, while the other animals of the rain forest rush past him. "Why are you so slow? Why are you so quiet? Why are you so lazy?" the others ask the sloth. And, after a long, long, long time, the sloth finally tells them! Set in the lush world of the tropical rain forest, this original picture book is...

Seized with doubts about the value of the small buildings he constructs out of twigs. Temrec goes from one jungle animal to the next asking for opinions. Animals in the story are warthogs, African grey parrot, giant anteater, small-scaled pangolin, giraffe, golden mole, marabou 'adjutant' stork, two-toed sloth and the milky eagle owl.

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing jungle animals such as a jaguar, a crocodile, and a spider monkey using simple shapes and lines, and includes facts on each animal.

A little boy falls asleep after reading a book about animals in a jungle, and then he meets them all in his dream.