The Very Busy Spider

The Very Busy Spider

Written and Illustrated by: Eric Carle
Genre: Fantasy
Grades: K-5
Awards: Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

This book is about a very busy spider creating her web on a fence post on a farm yard. Many animals came to the spider and asked if she wanted to join them on their fun adventures, but the spider did not answer to any of them, as she was busy spinning her web. A horse asked if she wanted to go for a ride, a goat asked if she wanted to jump on rocks, a dog asked if she wanted to chase a cat, a duck asked if she wanted to go for a swim, a rooster asked if she wanted to a fly, and so much more, but the spider never responded to them as she worked on her web. When nighttime came, an owl stopped by the fence and asked who built the beautiful web, but the spider did not respond as it was sleeping and it was a long and busy day for her.

This is book was awesome to read! I would love to have this book in my own classroom library and I believe everyone should have this too. I think this book is great for all ages, so for kindergartners to fifth graders. A way to incorporate this book is to have your students sequence the book as to what animals came in order and what they asked the spider.