Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called "Spider Stories."

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.

Crocodile is so confused by Hen calling him "brother" every time he gets ready to eat her that he finally goes searching for an explanation of how such a relationship can be.

A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain--Title page verso

Twelve trickster tales that show the migration of African culture to America via the West Indies.