The Spider and the Fly : 10th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

from ghimbert

This book is one of my favorite children's books so far. As I read the story I found myself searching for different things in the illustrations, for example the ghosts of the bugs and the different webs everywhere. As this story goes on watch the web on the black pages as you will see it slowly g...

from Nicolemerriweather

A black and white delightful book, that begins with a spider trying to invite a fly up to a parlor with him. But the female fly is afraid to go because she feels that if she goes up there she will never be able to leave. But the spider tries to pull every tick he can't to convince her that she ne...

from slmturner

The story is depicted as a 1920's black and white movie theme. It is about a fly who is being pursued by a conniving spider. He attempts to lure her into his parlor. She resists, but eventually falls into his trap of deception. There is a message to the story for young people: just because someon...

from epalaz

this book is about a cunning spider and a not so bright fly. The illustrations are very dark which makes the whole story idealistic for what is going on. Reading this to children is a nice intro to science. It also gives them wise words that not everything is ever as good as someone tells you.

from conuly

This is a picture book of the classic poem by Mary Howitt. (And it's in the public domain, so if you're curious about the content of this book you can google for it.) Fair warning to people with very young or sensitive children: This IS the poem that starts off "Will you come into my parlor..." a...