The Very Busy Spider

Some animals on a farm see a spider spinning a web on a fence post and try to talk to it. But the spider is too busy to respond, until a rooster asks about catching a pesty fly. The Very Busy Spider is a boardbook to feel as well as

Collages of familiar farm animals complement this tale of a determined little spider toiling away to build her web.

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The young child begins to develop a reading vocabulary by matching simple words with corresponding drawings of ten familiar animals from Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider." On board pages.

The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness, in a book with a toy clock for young readers to move as the spider goes about her day. On board pages.