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    What’s Anansi up to Now!
    What’s Anansi up to Now!
    What’s Anansi up to Now!
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    What’s Anansi up to Now!

    By Gillena Cox

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    This is a Christmas story which completes a 3part mini series about Christmas and its significance to the birth of the infant Jesus. In this part 3 the question of gifts to children takes center stage: should we or shouldn’t we buy them gifts. It carries a Caribbean backdrop specifically set in Trinidad.

    Book 3 of My Anansi Series

    This little book can stand on the shelves alongside the many good children’s stories written. Come along with me. Let’s find out What’s Anansi up to now, haibun style.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateFeb 12, 2020
    ISBN9781728398693
    What’s Anansi up to Now!
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    Gillena Cox

    Gillena Cox lives in St James, Trinidad, in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She is a retired library assistant and an amateur writer and photographer dabbling in poetry and children’s stories. Her hobbies are taking nature photos as well as blogging, writing, and interacting within online poet communities. She was born in 1950. She was married in 1971 and is a mother and grandmother. Her favorite dessert is rum-and-raisin ice cream.

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