The Very Busy Spider

By Eric Carle

Average Rating: (See all 29 reviews) Format: Hardcover Other Information: Illustrated Published In: United States, March 1989 Quantity Available: 22 24 hour shipping (Order in the next 7 hours, we'll ship it tomorrow) Add to Cart Please wait, the system is processing. Tiny pocket book editionrn rnrnWith over 300,000 copies sold since its publication in 1985, The Very Busy Spider is well on its way to becoming a modern classic. The raised lines for the spider, its web, and an unsuspecting fly allow both sighted and visually impaired children to follow the action. Full color.rnrnAlso Available: Board Book Publisher: Philomel Books ISBN: 0399215921 EAN: 9780399215926 Dimensions: 9.75 x 12.9 x 0.86 centimeters (0.08 kg)

What a disappointment when opening this package for what is suppose to be a brilliant book!
The book itself is in mini version - about the size of 2 credit cards. The RRP on the back is US$6.99 which equates to A$8.10!! This book is not value for money and was a huge disappointment for my 3yo son who also has The Very Hungry Catepillar and loves it.
My advice - if you want the miniture version without the interactive pages, buy this one, although the value money wise is questionable. Otherwise go to your local bookstore and purchase the boardbook for $16.95 which has large child friendly pop up pages.

My son loves this book. He only received it as a present a few weeks ago but i could recite it by heart! this book seems to ge everywhere he goes. it is great in helping him learn his animal sounds as each page has a picture of a different animal asking the spider to do something and barking or mooing depending on the animal. my son can now turn to a page and immitate the sound that animal would make without any help from me. what a wonderful learning tool.

I wish I'd taken the time to read the reviews before I purchased this book. I didn't realise I was purchasing a miniature book. I cannot for the life of me remember that it was described as such. It is so small and won't be easily used by my 2 year old granddaughter. The pages are sticking together too. It is simply not value for money and I will be reluctant to use this company again.

This is my fifteen month old son's favourite book and my two year olds adores it too. Full of familiar creatures and predictable text, it is a classic. It has the added interest of raised illustrations. Watch as the animals in the book get smaller and smaller and in the end, the spider gets the fly. Utterly satisfying and delightful to read. If you like great children's books you;ll love this book!

VERY SMALL BOOK BUT THE STORY GREAT CHILDRES STORY
BUT FROM A TACTILE VEW POINT THE BOOK IS TOO SMALL

Quite a nice story, especially for younger children who will enjoy making and hearing the animal sounds as you read. Nothing spectacular though, not a must read book for any of my children.

Sadly did not read fine print or reviews. THIS BOOK IS TINY!!!!!! I love the simple story for children however it is so small you can hardly see the words. The fact that it is a small book should be placed in the format section. As I knew the book I purchased it without coming onto the actual page for the book reviews so nothing told me it was a small book.
:-(

small book = big disappointment! the book itself is lovely but it was the pocket size and that was upsetting.

My 2yo daughter loves this book and it is read on a daily basis. She loves the animals and can't wait until the spider has gone to "bed". Although the pages are paper, they are easy to turn due to the way they are folded into the spine.

Simple little story with great pictures. There is a new animal on each page talking to the little spider which my daughter loves as she can do the noises (ie moo moo, neigh neigh). Great book for really little ones.