Kimmel, Eric A

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.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

Presents a retelling of an Eastern European folktale about Ivan, a kind, but simple young man who is urged by his father to compete with his brothers for the family farm, and meets success in a very unlikely place.

Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides to teach the spider a lesson.

A retelling of the story in which a freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox.

A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk.

Stories about a clever man who lived by his wits as his pockets were always empty.

A boat captain and his men battle Bill McGrew and his pirate crew on the Erie Canal in a rhyming tale inspired by a folksong.

Presents an account of the young life of jazz legend Louis Armstrong, in simple text with illustrations, describing how he grew up in New Orleans and learned to play the trumpet.