Skip to content

2,202,105 books read so far

Why the Spider Has Long Legs: An African Folk Tale

Charlotte Guillain, Steve Dorado

Why the Spider Has Long Legs: An African Folk Tale

Subjects

  • Fairy Tales - myths, legends and folklore from way back

Average rating

5 out 5

7 reviews

Each book in this beautifully illustrated series presents a different folk tale from around the world. This book tells the story of why the spider has long legs, a traditional African folk tale. In it, Anansi the spider learns that you usually have to work to get the things that you want, and that it is never a good idea to be too greedy!

Reviews

avatars/dragon.png

Easy and fun

Baroness Jewel Eragon 26.07.2021

avatars/snook.png

Long time ago spiders had short legs, but after eating spiderweb, her legs started to become thin and her children had thin legs as well and so on. The spider didnt think all the animals could finish at the same time and he couldnget stack and pulled. yes i would

Earl Itchy Sunshine 29.10.2020

avatars/space-chase-boy.png

I loved it, it was great!

Esquire Viktor Vesuvius 17.08.2020

avatars/izzie.png

It was incredible and amazing!

Esquire Kipper Sheep-Dip 17.08.2020

avatars/snook.png

Spider. A spider that was so greedy and at the end he can catch his own food. His legs got tangled and grew with everybody pulling. I want it private.

Anonymous 15.08.2020

avatars/snook.png

I like that the spider gets food cooked for him

Superintendent Pablo Legend 26.07.2020

avatars/bookgirl.png

Learn a lesson

Anonymous 03.08.2017