This was a fun reimagining of the West African tale of Anansi the Trickster! I loved how the author, Taiye Selasi updated it for a new generation. This is a great story for younger readers as it focuses more on learning a lesson than the trickster component of Anansi. Anasi's trick is used to get the little boy to cherish his family. It is a great story to teach children about the consequences of greed vs the gift of generosity. The illustrations were beautiful too. It has 100% read aloud potential! I would recommend to anyone and I especially recommend if you have a fable collection in your classroom or home.

This is a great book for reading to preschoolers, and ages 3-7. What a wonderful addition to anyone's library collection.

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* Really cool story, happy to see it in a book but like most stories it is best read aloud for sure! would buy.

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<p>“Greed brings grief. Generosity brings joy.”</p>
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<p>“How did a centuries-old tale get from Ghana to you? In Ghana, stories were traditionally spoken aloud rather than written own. Because the same few stories were told lots of times, everyone knew them by heart. A written story can get lost or destroyed. A spoken story cannot. This is why tales of Anansi the Spider have lasted for so long.”</p>
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<p>This is a picture book! The illustrations are colorful, and bright, and a little boy nicknamed Anansi learns the value of generosity and sharing gifts with your friends and family. Would recommend. In the back there’s some non-fiction information about Ghana and more tales about Anansi the Spider. Weird to rate a picture book four stars, but … four stars? These should probably be rated on an entirely different scale, due to the fact that I am (not yet) a children's librarian. </p>
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First of all, I love the illustrations, especially the full page ones! My favorite quote is "Nothing lasts so long as truth, nor travels quite so far." The fable quotes are spot on! I would love to own this to read to my own children one day! I love the facts in the end, and the positivity of the trickster!

Thank you Netgalley and DK Children for the ARC!

Anansi and the Golden Pot is a lovely retelling of the African folktale about Anansi the spider. The illustrations are fresh and vibrant and the story is poignant and relatable. Highly recommend!

Thank you @Netgalley for early access to this ARC in return for an unbiased and voluntary review

as someone who is going into early childhood education i am always looking for new childrens books, especially books from different cultures so i was delighted to be able to read an arc of this book. the illustrations are wonderful and warm and i love that the story involved cultural traditions/food/stories. the writing was a little repetitive in some places, but overall i really liked this book and i loved the moral of the story

The illustrations are gorgeous, and I want to take a moment to share my appreciation of seeing a father reading to his son, and cuddling with his son, as in many picture books, we tend to see moms in that role only.
The story is a modern day telling of Anansi, and his magical golden pot. It teaches of greed, sharing, and love. The backmatter provides additional informational about Ghana, Adinkra, Ghanaian foods, and a bit about oral traditions.
This will be a great addition to our library collection! I cannot wait to share it in storytime!

A gorgeously illustrated adventure with a lesson of generosity that will resonate with both young and young only at heart! Anansi loves hearing tales of Anansi the spider, a folktale from his father's native Ghana. On a trip to Ghana with his family, Anansi gets swept up into a magical adventure with a moral that will remain pertinent for the rest of his life.

Thank you to NetGalley and DK Children for the opportunity to read it early. All opinions expressed are my own.

Anansi and the Golden Pot by Taiye Selasi is a book about a little boy, nicknamed Anasi because of his beautiful, spider-like lashes. He is named after a story of a spider named Anansi who visits the boy and gives him an empty golden pot. The boy is able to fill it will whatever he wants to fill it with, and he fills it with his favorite foods and keeps it hidden. He soon learns a lesson about sharing and not being greedy.

This was a sweet book with a good lesson for children. The pictures are vivid and colorful and my five-year-old was interested from beginning to end listening to this tale!

Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review.

Rating: 5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐!!!!!!!!!
Book: Anansi and the Golden Pot
Release Date: RELEASES February 15, 2022
Author: Taiye Selasi
Genre: Children's Fiction

I love the Anansi stories. They are full of so much humor and teaches the reader lessons. My second graders loved our unit on Anansi the spider. This book is a different take of Anansi where a little boy has the nickname Anansi meet the spider and as always, the moral is rich and appropriate for the readers. The illustrations are very vibrant, and you get a feel of the culture of Anansi and his family. I would read this book to my kids or students, ages 2-10.

Thank you to @NetGalley and @DK for an advanced copy of @AnansiAndTheGolden Pot.

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This is a story about Anansi, a boy in Ghana named after the trickster spider god. During the book though, Anansi meets the original Anansi and learns a lesson along the way.

This was a really cute story with a great message! Plus the illustrations were beautiful.

In this modern retelling of the Anansi story, Anansi the boy meets Anansi the spider and learns the importance of sharing with those that you love. Gorgeous illustrations and full of West African food and culture, this is a great book to expose kids to new stories and places.

An excellent story about Anansi the spider and a boy named Anansi.
A wonderful weaving of traditional stories and modern day, with enough explanation for both very young and those who aren't familiar with Anansi.

Wow! This book is beautiful! From the gorgeous pictures to the moral that those who read this tale learn, the story of Anasi is one that every teacher (including myself) and student should read. Anasi and the Golden Pot should be included in every classroom’s folktale lesson!
Side note: I especially loved the information about Ghana and the food question and pictures at the end!

I am beyond excited about this book. As a West Indie girl (half Jamaican - maternal side), this has made my heart sing in delight.
It is a charming retelling and reimagining of one of the world's famous tricksters_ Anansi the Spider.

It follows a young boy, Kweku, who is named after the infamous trickster and is even nicknamed Anansi by his father due to their similarities (i.e. curiosity and cheekiness). Kweku grows up hearing stories, until one day when he and his family go off to Ghana to visit his grandma, that the stories are true - the Spider is real!
They soon find this incredible pot that could be filled with anything they want. Can Anansi share? Guess who I'm talking about? The boy? The trickster? Both? You'll see!
I found this to be a beautiful story that's true to the well-known version(s). I think readers of all ages would love this book, including folkloric nerds like me.

Thank you so much, NetGalley, Taiye Selasi, Tinuke Fagborun, and DK Children, for the ebook for my honest review. Looking forward to my physical copy, which I already preordered from my local indie bookstore (Sisters Uptown Bookstore & Cultural Center)!

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There are few things I love more than traditional tales, and Anansi and The Golden Pot delivers! The story of a young boy who meets his namesake, Anansi the spider, on a family trip home to Ghana was so beautifully written and illustrated. The overarching theme was of generosity, and how the act of being generous can make your heart glow. There’s tradition and history perfectly blended with a fun and exciting tale for children of all ages that has the added bonus of being enjoyable to read as a parent as well. My young daughters loved it too and had so much fun looking at all of the different elements in the illustrations.

"Do for me as you do for Spider! Fill with what I most desire!" Anansi and the Golden Pot is a wonderfully illustrated story about a boy named Kweku. His father gave him the nickname of Anansi. A name also shared with the legendary Spider. Anansi the boy and his family went on a trip to visit family and have adventure. Anansi enjoyed the food from his father's home and spending time on the beach. Meeting the Spider Anansi was life changing and taught him an important lesson. This was a great book to read with my young ones and I cannot wait to share it with my classrooms. Thank you Netgalley and DK Children for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to D.K. Publishing and Netgalley for the free e-ARC. My unbiased review follows.

I was first drawn in by the cover art and description of this book. The interior artwork was equally vibrant and beautiful. The story was sweet and charming and conveyed a good lesson in sharing. I appreciated the glimpse into West African culture and lore and would recommend this for any child.

Enjoyable retelling of the West African folklore spider Anansi. Kweku is nicknamed Anansi by his father because he is "tricky" just like the spider. On a trip to Ghana, he meets the fabled spider who produces a never ending pot of his favorite food red-red.

I love the illustrations the simplicity of them and how the capture the lightheartedness of the story. This is an intact family who travels together and shares daily routines. A loving relationship between father and son and typical relationships between siblings. It reminded me in tone of Kwame Mbalia's writing and a bit of the Stregna Nona story where Big Anthony has a pot of pasta that gets out of control. Lessons are easily learned by Kweku about how it is better to share than keep a gift to yourself. Other than that, it is a great story that would make for a perfect bedtime or before-naptime read.