By David Kirk
Year: 1997
Publisher: Calloway and Kirk Company and Scholastic Press, New York
Age: 7 and above
No. of Pages: 36
ISBN: 978 0 59030 713 4
Mrs. and Mr. Spider are shopping for a car. With lyrical flamboyance and unbridled creativity, the book spins a web of fantasy and fun with a dash of adventure.
Their adventures are portrayed in the brightest hues of red, green, blue and more on glossiest paper. All of this is packaged in a hardback edition that’s bound to be a winner with many children even those who despise spiders and other creepy-crawlies.
In most books that have lyrical prose, big words tend to creep in. And they certainly have, here too.
Excerpt
“The wheel is out of date,” whooped Hop.
“Just like a dinosaur.
Our flexo-flea spring loaded legs
Are what you’re looking for.
Just pull the round brown throttle down
And hear the engine roar.
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