Miss Spider's Wedding

The spiders in this book live and act like they are humans. This quality makes this book a good example of a fantasy. There is also a great use of style in this book. The most obvious tool is that all the dialogue in this book is through rhyme. This makes the book fun and engaging to read aloud.

This is a wonderful story written in rhyme about a spider who has to decide on her own who she wants to marry. Readers are able to see the character of Miss Spider develop and how she lets her heart decide for her which is correct instead of the influence of others. A great fantasy story.

Brightly colored, very detailed, oil-on-paper illustrations make bugs look like people and tell the story; they even add to the story details that the words omit. Women are not meek, submissive creatures here. And all animals seem able to communicate and live in harmony if they choose. The

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quatrains are too complex for very young children; in fact the story is too sophisticated for them as well. Children have to be interested in mushy love and adventure stories to like this and understand clever allusions and slips of the tongue. Like most children's stories and old romantic comedies, no animals are killed in the making of this story. (Although the fate of the suave villain is unclear.)

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Genre: Fantasy
Review: This book takes a situation that is most relatable to humans: finding true love and makes it a story about spiders. Clearly, spiders do not have weddings, so it could not actually happen, But it's sense of sorrow, happiness, and true love are ones that all people relate

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Media: Guache

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Genre: fantasy.
This book is about the most beautiful spider girl in the spider city, she had a lot of guy spiders trying to date her but she had he eyes set on the most nicest and clumsiness spider in the city. All the other insects noticed she was started to have a crush on him. The rest of the

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insects/spiders could not believe what was going on. Once the word of this new couple got to the "handsomest" male spider he couldn't believe it. He tried his best to get her to fall in love with her but it didn't work. She ended up marrying the nice spider.

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This book came home with my Kindergardener from the school library. We read it together and while the artwork is beautiful and the lyrical text impressive the topical content disturbed me. Was this book really written for children? Lines like, "Is she a beauty? Is she rich? And is she in the

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mood...?" make me wonder. Obviously my 5 year old didn't grasp the implication of the question and the argument could possibly be made that the speaker meant in the mood for marriage, but we all know that's not what was meant. Further, May's inference that Miss Spider was somehow inadequate for not yet being married smacks of the antiquated idea that a woman's worth resides in her status as a wife. This is reinforced when May doesn't think Holley good enough for Miss Spider. She doesn't appear to be looking out for Miss Spider's happiness so much as her social status. And then there is the wedding. Holley coos over his bride's beauty and how proud he is to be marrying her. Miss Spider, however, is pleased that, "of all the spiders in the world, he chose to be with me." Leaving the impetus of power squarely in the hands of Holley, not herself. These are all ideals women had hoped were dying and I am disturbed to find them alive and well in children's books. I still give the book a three, however, because the art is gorgeous and my child did enjoy it.

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Told in poetry

This enchanting tale is the story of the meeting, the courtship, and the wedding of Miss Spider and Holley Spider.

As the story unfolds, young readers will meet the friends of the couple and will help them prepare for their special day. Delightful illustrations depicting the world of Miss Spider and

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Holley Spider accompany the narrative, written in verse, of this pleasant children’s story.

Recommended.

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