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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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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 ‏ : ‎ 1 - 4 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 330L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 1
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.09 x 9 inches

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- #450 in Children's Bug & Spider Books (Books)
- #482 in Children's Farm Animal Books (Books)
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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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Posey

Simply said…

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2023

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You can’t have a baby or toddle and NOT have a collection of Eric Charles board books (made non-toxic, by the way, so your tiny literary critic can chew on his thoughts after hearing the story each time…
You also MUST have the full sized “The Very Quiet Cricket.” Actually, you need several copies. One board book, and maybe 2 full-sized. Nobody EVER gets tired of THAT on!!

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Katie

Simple

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 9, 2023

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Perfect book for lil ones who love spiders

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Madz

Just like I remembered when I was little!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 24, 2022

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This author is amazing and I love every single book she has. His pictures are so great and so different than your typical picture book. Reading this as an adult still need me just as happy as reading it when I was little. I will definitely get this book for my children.

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JD

She Loves Spiders!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2013

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I bought this book on recommendation from a friend, and around that same time my 18 month old daughter learned "Itsy Bitsy Spider" which is now her favorite song/rhyme. She has us sing it to her (complete with hand motions) about 10 times a day. Now she loves this book and The Itsy Bitsy Spider they are two of her favorite books. She brings them to me saying "Pie-durr bouht!" (Spider book) "peashj wedit!" (please read it). We love reading them before naps and bedtime since both stories end with the spiders going to sleep.

This books is really well written and illustrated. I think a lot of children's "authors" and publishing houses are very lazy about content and illustrations, thinking a cartoon of a cow which says moo moo next to it is educational enough. This is a story about several things. #1. A spider who is so busy building her web that she has no time to talk to anyone. #2. Its a story about hard work paying off, and eventually getting a lovely rest at the end of a long day. #3. It teaches young children animal sounds, as well as animal behaviors. We learn that cats like to nap, goats like to climb, and that spiders build webs to catch flies in among other things.

The repetition of simple phrases helps the child relax because its soothing, and when they get older and learn the story you can say, "But the spider didn't answer because..." and then the child can answer, "she was so busy building her web." And also ask the child to tell you the different animals sounds and things like that.

The illustrations are textured, you can feel the fly and web on each page. That's pretty cool as an added little thing that a child may enjoy. My daughter doesn't really care all that much but other kids might tracing the lines of the web, and looking for the fly on each page like a Where's Waldo.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2023

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 27, 2022

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This book is well written. Our family enjoys reading it. Great illustrations. It is a board book that is the right size for small hands.

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R. Harris

Another awesome Eric Carle book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 21, 2022

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As always, Eric Carle has written a great book.

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No damage

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 18, 2022

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This book is used, as a great alternative for us

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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!!

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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Carin Cornwall

All Time Classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 18, 2023

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My daughter is 1 and she loves to trace her finger over the spider's web. It keeps her attention during story time and it's a great book to learn the names of animals and the sounds they make. Great book to have in your child's library!

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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Ylenia

A must for children

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 10, 2022

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My son reads all the Eric Carle’s books with so much interest. These are perfect for 2 years old toddlers. My son will read it/ask me to read it 40 times a day. Recommended!

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