Thanks to our award-winning "action storyteller," J'miah Nabawi, and his "partner in rhyme" collaborator, Zhang Chunzi, Books for Growing Minds is pleased (and proud) to present and offer to our reading communities and fans in China and around the globe who read Mandarin Chinese, this timeless Akan folk-hero/trickster, Kwaku Ananse (Anansi the Spider) and the telling of Why Spiders Hide in Corners as can only be told in J'miah Nabawi's engaging, upbeat style of storytelling. Summary: The story is told in the front of the book in (Simplified) Mandarin Chinese and immediately followed in the back of the book English. Rabbit decides to visit his friend, Ananse (also spelled Anansi) the spider-man whom he hasn't seen in quite a while. Wanting to celebrate their friendship, Rabbit invites Ananse to join him in making a drum. From his cozy hammock, Ananse refuses with excuses of being too sick to get involved with drum-making. Alone, Rabbit works hard at making his "friendship" drum. While Rabbit is resting from the day's hard work at drum-making, he soon finds Ananse playing his drum, the very same drum he was supposedly "too sick" to help make. Ananse ends up in an embarrassing situation, one that we all may come face to face with from time to time. . . ."