A super selection of six, spidery stories contained in a single volume. Involving the antics of five arachnid friends; Marley, Orson, Mirabelle, AJ and Clay, the stories aim to encourage children to view spiders more positively. The cleverly drawn and humorous illustrations do much to enhance these quirky tales.
Occasionally, the awkward rhyming dialogue spoken by Orson’s character, results in stilted rhythms which may put off some readers. Whilst the personality traits of the individual spiders are quite well defined in the main, opportunities to develop Clay’s character (the naughty spider) are not fully exploited and this would have appealed to many children. Who doesn’t love a badly-behaved hero?
A book for children with well-developed reading skills aged 7+ or one to be shared with the whole family. I award 3 Stars.
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