The Very Busy Spider (Board Book)

The Very Busy Spider (Board Book)
by Eric Carle

The Very Busy Spider (Board Book)
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Book Summary Information

Author: Eric Carle
Brand: THE VERY BUSY SPIDER BOARD BOOK
Edition: Board book
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-08-16
ISBN: 0399229191
Number of pages: 26
Publisher: Philomel
Product features:
  • ISBN13: 9780399229190
  • Condition: New
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Book Reviews of The Very Busy Spider (Board Book)

Book Review: I consider this a classic!
Summary: 5 Stars

While a spider weaves her web, animals of the farm come and ask her to play. The spider is too busy spinning her web. Adorable.

Several things make this book a true winner. First the repitition. The repitition is an excellent way for pre-readers and early reader to learn to read. (A whole language approach, but it gives kids some success.) Second, the tactile approach- as the spider spins her web you can feel the strings of the web and the fly that is buzzing around. This is a fun book to read and my son loves to touch the pages. The illustrations are adorable.

When I taught Kindergarten I always had a unit worked up around this book. There are so many creative and fun things you can do for activities and learning with this book. Now that I'm at home with my kiddos, we still do many of these fun things after we read this book. We made spiderwebs out of glue on black paper.

Enjoy.

Summary of The Very Busy Spider (Board Book)

A board book edition of the best-selling story features thermographic pages and a raised spider web children can feel for themselves, which complement the book's colorful collages and easy, rhythmic text.
-Ingram

Every young child should be introduced to this story, as great a classic as its predecessor, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This colorful picture book describes a spider's day. Blown onto a farmyard fence, she starts to spin a web. The other animals ask if she wants to play, but in every case "the spider didn't answer. She was very busy spinning her web." The book is touchable: elements including the strands of web are embossed on the pages and you can follow them with your fingertips. But the best thing by far is Carle's familiar, yet still breathtaking skill as an illustrator. Especially in this large 11.5-by-8.5-inch format, his cow, goat, and dog (just to mention three favorites) capture the essence of each animal in a way few artists can hope to approach. (Baby to preschool) --Richard Farr

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