The Very Busy Spider (Board Book) Review

Manufacturer: Philomel
Author(s): Eric Carle

ISBN: 0399229191 EAN: 9780399229190
Binding: Board book
Pages: 26
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool

Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

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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.

User Submitted The Very Busy Spider (Board Book) Reviews

November 2, 2008
Great Book!
The book was as described. Great condition and was shipped super fast! Great seller!!

September 7, 2008
The Very Busy Spider
I have received and reviewed the book "The Very Busy Spider".
It is a very good book and nicely illustrated.

March 31, 2008
Just OK
Review by Sherry North, Author, Because You Are My Baby

Eric Carle is a favorite in our house, but this is one of his weaker titles. The illustration of the spider spinning her web barely changes from one page to the next, and there's no clever twist that "makes" the book, like in A Very Hungry Caterpillar. After reading it to our son once, he never seemed interested in looking at it again - but he does ask for Carle's other books often.

February 19, 2008
One of Hayley's Favourites
My husband bought this book for our 9month old daughter, Hayley. She absolutely loves us to read it to her. She loves to feel the spiders web and will mimic the animal noises. What a great book!

December 17, 2007
the very busy spider
My son had a copy of this that he had to return. He had the paperback with the raised web that you could trace with your fingers. Grandma bought a replacement which was a flap book instead..... just wasn't the same, so we bought the paperback on line, and it was the immediate success of the past.......

November 15, 2007
Good book for a "reading" toddler
My two-year-old enjoys reading this book. While the book is repetitive, it enables a toddler to "read" along with you and complete the sentences. The book is replete with farm animals, a common feature in children's books, and the web that the spider is building is raised, so children can trace it with their fingers.

August 12, 2007
Boring and repetitive
I love Eric Carle's art and several of his other stories, but this one is really boring and repetitive. There's not enough variety to the images, the spider comes across as a real pill who has no interest in other creatures, and the story line is dull. Skip this and go for the chameleon or caterpillar or polar bear.

August 9, 2007
Not so great.
Not one of Eric Carle's best. As usual, the illustrations are fabulous, but the story didn't interest our littleone.

July 8, 2007
Cute Book, But Not Our Favorite Eric Carle Book
My 21 month old loves Eric Carle books. She liked this one as well, but like others have mentioned it doesn't seem to hold her attention nearly as well as other Carle books do. Her favorites are "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "The Very Lonely Firefly". The illustrations are as bright and colorful as they are in the other books though and the story is short enough for most toddler's to sit through.

May 6, 2007
Mom's favorite
No gimmicks, lights, or sounds here so it's not as fascinating for my son. I try to jazz it up a little bit with the animal noises and different animal voices which my son seems to enjoy. This is a good one for bedtime.

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