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The Very Busy Spider (Step into Reading) Paperback – June 1, 2021

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Join the Very Busy Spider and all her friends in this classic story, newly joining the premier reader line, Step into Reading!

A spider, blown by the wind to a fence post near a farm yard, begins to build her web and cannot be distracted from the task at hand--not by the horse, cow, sheep, goat, or dog. But when the rooster asks if she wants to catch a pesky fly, the busy spider is able to catch it in her web immediately!

Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

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32 pages
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English
Grade level

Preschool - 1
Lexile measure

330L
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6 x 0.1 x 9 inches
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Random House Books for Young Readers
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June 1, 2021
ISBN-10

0593432282
ISBN-13

978-0593432280
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Born in the United States, Eric Carle was taken as a six-year-old child by his parents back to their native country, Germany. Later, he studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Applied Arts) in Stuttgart, and returned to New York in his early twenties as a graphic designer and artist. His many picture books are now known and loved by children around the world.

In 2002, Eric and his late wife, Barbara, opened The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the works of distinguished picture book artists, nationally and internationally acclaimed, are exhibited in three spacious galleries.

Eric Carle passed away in 2021, at the age of 91.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers (June 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593432282
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593432280
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 6 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 330L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 1
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #58,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #208 in Children's Farm Animal Books (Books)
- #215 in Children's Bug & Spider Books (Books)
- #458 in Early Learning Beginner Readers

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Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 62 languages and sold over 41 million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than 70 books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote.

Carle says: "With many of my books I attempt to bridge the gap between the home and school. To me home represents, or should represent; warmth, security, toys, holding hands, being held. School is a strange and new place for a child. Will it be a happy place? There are new people, a teacher, classmates - will they be friendly? I believe the passage from home to school is the second biggest trauma of childhood; the first is, of course, being born. Indeed, in both cases we leave a place of warmth and protection for one that is unknown. The unknown often brings fear with it. In my books I try to counteract this fear, to replace it with a positive message. I believe that children are naturally creative and eager to learn. I want to show them that learning is really both fascinating and fun."

Eric Carle has two grown-up children, a son and a daughter. He divides his time between the Florida Keys and the hills of North Carolina.

For more information about Eric Carle and his books please visit:

The Official Eric Carle web site: http://www.eric-carle.com

Eric Carle's Blog: http://www.ericcarleblog.blogspot.com

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: http://www.carlemuseum.org

The World of Eric Carle Amazon UK page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/l/1658013031

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Katherine Lloyd

Perfect in every way!

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019

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I read many reviews before buying this board book, and many of them had complaints, but the reviews with complaints were a few years old, so I gave it a shot to see if the seller fixed the issues. I was pleasantly surprised when I got the book in the mail and it was PERFECT! A great size for toddlers and young kids to hold and carry, the webs are raised from the pages so you can feel them with fingertips, and none of the pages were stuck together. I highly recommend.

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Mighty Spinach

Great complement to the caterpillar.

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020

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Very nice. Size is just right for little hands.

I notice multiple reviews mentioning the "web" isn't pronounced (embossed?). It appears that such a feature is a part of the board-book version (which I selected).

I can only assume the hardcover comes with standard print paper pages, which would not allow for the touchy-feely webbing feature.

Now, off to find that chameleon!

Update: now that I've read the book 2000 times in the first 8 hours of ownership, I notice that the board book version I have showcases the cat twice. Interesting indeed. I wonder what animal is missing.

10 people found this helpful

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LL Ham

I am really disappointed in this book

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2016

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I am really disappointed in this book. I guess I didn't read closely enough to see that there's no texture to the spider's web, which is half the joy of this wonderful book. As a child I loved running my fingers over the spider's web as she slowly constructed it. With this book, my son can't do that. Incredibly disappointed.

31 people found this helpful

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Lyn Farman

Get the hardcover—it’s exactly what you are expecting!

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020

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Perfect! After reading some reviews, I was afraid that this would not be what I was hoping for, but it is exactly like the original I bought for my children when they were young. It is beautifully bound, comes with a cover, book is about 8 1/2 x 11, and the spiderweb, spider and fly are all embossed on every page. My 4 year old grandson will love it! (Tip: I ordered the most expensive version that Amazon sells—remember, you get what you pay for!)

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Amber M.

My niece loves it!

Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2020

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My baby niece loves books and she loves spiders right now. I got her this book and a puppet spider to go with it. This and the other books by this author and illustrator are classics. I like how it’s a block book so durable but still very good quality on illustrations. I also like the web has some texture for her to run her fingers over. Although I wish they had put some more textures on the animals for sensory learning. Overall I’m very happy with my purchase and so is my niece!

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Heather T

Classic story!

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2020

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My 11 month old adores this book and I always feel nostalgic when reading it because I had it as a child. She loves that it goes through what each animal says as that is something she is currently obsessed with. I love that the spider, her string/web and the fly are subtly embossed making the pages fun to feel as well.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2014

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the hardcover version, is small, very small. This is not very clear in the description, was expecting a regular size hardcover book. The book is 3" tall x 3 1/2" wide. A tiny book, very cute story. Nothing against the story. That I love. And I plan on buying this in a different format. Luckily Amazon.com rocks and a refund was given instantly without shipping this back (5 stars to Amazon). Recommend the board book or paperback And not the HARDCOVER the size of a spider version. 1 star to the hardcover tiny book, 5 starts to amazon and 5 stars to the story itself.

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Alice Larson

I am so disappointed in this book

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2018

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I am so disappointed in this book. It is very deceiving. I bought this book for my grandson for part of a kindergarten gift. He loves this book when he gets it from the library. This one is nothing like that one. It’s much smaller and there is no texture. Beware you are not getting what you think your getting!! :-(

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Amazoni personi

Lovely book with farm animals

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2019

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The book in itself its a lovely story of a spider building her web and being asked questions by different farm animals but she is too busy spinning her web!
My little one loves this book, it's helping him recognise the farm animals and now can do the sounds to a few of them!
The Web is slightly embossed so it's a good touchy feely book too
The only downside is that I got this second hand wish I paid that bit extra and got it brand new

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Lee

Beautiful book. Fell apart quickly

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2021

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The book is fantastic. The fly, spider and silky thread have texture so a happy tactile surprise. Illustrations beautiful and a whole collection of friendly animals to enchant small and big humans alike...
BUT - the book has no structural integrity and promptly fell apart in my toddler's hands. She hasn't destroyed any of her other board books, some of which have been entertaining her for over a year, but this one was quite "crunchy" and pages began separating almost immediately. The whole book is now one mess of fixing-tape, and still not sturdy enough. SHAME!!

Greenpinkdinosaur

Great book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2020

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We purchased this book for our four year old who has developed a sudden fear of spiders. This book helped her to see spiders are helpful as they catch flies!

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theotherguy7145

Simple but effective. Nice bedtime read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2020

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Simple and repetitive but one of my child's faves, and still less monotonous than other books. The raised web is fun to feel, and my child now makes the noises of the animals on each page, and takes glee in pointing out the fly in every picture too.

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Kimmie25

Well i never knew this existed!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2012

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I have to say what a pleasent surprise it was to find this book. I searched for the hungry caterpillar book, obviously a classic, to find this one come up in the recommendations. I honestly had o idea there was a series of these books. Its lovely, a simple story but beautiful illustrations and although bought for a friend, there little girl has really enjoyed it. Will certainly be purchasing one for my kids. With it being hard back its resiliant, especially, if like my kids, everything goes straight in the mouth (we have the hungry caterpillar in this format). Would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoyed the hungry caterpillar as a kids, or has kids that love it......think theres a lazy ladybird one too.......exciting!

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