Jerry Terheyden

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.

In the land of Chewandswallow, meals rain from the sky three times a day, but when the weather goes awry meals come down at the wrong times, in the wrong amounts, and in the wrong places.

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

A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening.

Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.

A little lighthouse on the Hudson River regains its pride when it finds out that it is still useful and has an important job to do.

An almost-six-year-old with a mass of floppy red hair tries to postpone the inevitable trip to Mr. Barberoli's barber shop.