{"product_id":"anansi-and-the-talking-cloth","title":"Anansi and the Talking Cloth","description":"\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by Caldecott Honor Award winner Ekua Holmes, this modern and original Anansi the Spider story explores traditional kente-cloth making, written by award-winner Caroline Brewer, in cooperation with weaving expert Kwasi Asare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen kente-cloth weavers stop weaving, Anansi the Spider must save the city in this rhythmic African folktale, a rhyming read-aloud trickster picture book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis rhyming and rhythmic original Anansi fable finds Anansi the Spider needing to save the city. One day the sun stops shining because the kente-cloth making spiders stop weaving in protest against mass-produced cloth. Handmade kente cloth has made Africa famous and the spider city wealthy. Without it, the city is doomed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnansi faces the biggest challenge of his spider life, and his clever trickster past, coupled with help from his wife, will restore harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Caroline Brewer and master kente-cloth weaver Kwasi Asare worked together to create this fresh take featuring the African trickster Anansi the Spider, a classic hero.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47693879279788,"sku":"9781623544218","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/9781623544218.jpg?v=1792770580","url":"https:\/\/shop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/anansi-and-the-talking-cloth","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}