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The Very Busy Spider: 06/05/07

Now that Harriet is older and enjoying books, I've started reading her Sean's old board books. One of her current favorites is The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.

The book introduces children to a variety of animals, the concept of time and of the importance of seeing a task to completion. The spider in question carefully builds her web over the course of a day and is rewarded at the end with a fly for dinner.

Harriet enjoys the book for the textured web (done with a gel paint), the bright colors and the repetition of words. She's also partial to the page with the cat. Although the words are nearly the same on each page, there are enough changes on each page to make the book a bit of a tongue twister for parents reading the book out loud.

Books by Eric Carle reviewed here: (Click on a title to read reviews).

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (with Bill Martin Jr.)
• Do You Want to be My Friend?
  
• Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?
  
• Dragons, Dragons
  
• Eric Carle's Opposites
  
• From Head to Toe
  
• The Grouchy Ladybug
  
• Have You Seen My Cat?
  
• A House for Hermit Crab
  
• Little Cloud
  
• My Very First Book of Shapes
  
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (with Bill Martin Jr.)
  
• Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth
  
• The Very Busy Spider
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

books | childrens | eric carle

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