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The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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November 13, 2017
Very good classic. Good choice for storybook showcase. There are many activities you can do with this book. Is a good book for getting the children involved.
December 20, 2017
Beautiful illustrations!
April 10, 2018
Perfect for a "Stories You Can Sing" storytime!
March 12, 2019
This colorfully illustrated book brings Itsy Bitsy to life.
November 18, 2020
Great book to get kids to sing along. The illustrations are amazing.
October 27, 2016
1. This book has not received any awards.
2. This book can be used for kindergarten to third grade.
3. This is a classic song that many children know and love. With vibrant colors and funny illustrations children love reading and singing along to the book. In adding pictures to this classic song the children love reading and seeing the spider and seeing that they can be cute and not scary.
4. I really enjoyed the pictures in this book. It is a classic song that I grew up singing. In using hand movements to sing the song, you get to move and interact with the book. It is a new and fun way to sing the song, while still getting to look at vibrant pictures.
5. One lesson you can teach with this book is a lesson on spiders. You can start your lesson with this song. In having them sing this song they may get their minds into thinking about spiders. Also in having them sing this song you get them to associate spiders with something other than being scary and gross.
Another lesson you can teach with this book is a lesson on weather. In having the spider climb up the water spout and down came the rain, this shows a type of weather. Then the sun comes back and dried up the rain, this shows another type of weather. It also shows that the sun dries up the rain and just how powerful the sun is. This is a good transition into learning about weather.
2. This book can be used for kindergarten to third grade.
3. This is a classic song that many children know and love. With vibrant colors and funny illustrations children love reading and singing along to the book. In adding pictures to this classic song the children love reading and seeing the spider and seeing that they can be cute and not scary.
4. I really enjoyed the pictures in this book. It is a classic song that I grew up singing. In using hand movements to sing the song, you get to move and interact with the book. It is a new and fun way to sing the song, while still getting to look at vibrant pictures.
5. One lesson you can teach with this book is a lesson on spiders. You can start your lesson with this song. In having them sing this song they may get their minds into thinking about spiders. Also in having them sing this song you get them to associate spiders with something other than being scary and gross.
Another lesson you can teach with this book is a lesson on weather. In having the spider climb up the water spout and down came the rain, this shows a type of weather. Then the sun comes back and dried up the rain, this shows another type of weather. It also shows that the sun dries up the rain and just how powerful the sun is. This is a good transition into learning about weather.
August 27, 2011
We love The Itsy Bitsy Spider, so this book was a good choice for us. Nice colorful illustrations. The only thing that I don't understand is why a butterfly rescues the spider during the rainstorm. The words of the nursery rhyme say nothing about this, but that butterfly is there on multiple pages and seems to play a big role in the illustrations. Hmmm....
Also, this is neither a positive nor a negative, but as the mother of a little boy who loves the Itsy Bitsy Spider I wonder why all the books we've seen so far make the spider a girl. The original rhyme doesn't specify, does it? I'm just assuming this spider's a girl because it's pink. Maybe I'm reading too much into that or gender stereotyping. But it's just a detail I thought was interesting since we recently read another book with a girl itsy bitsy spider.
Now that I think about it, I always thought the spider was a girl too, but I don't know *why* I assumed that. No one ever said so one way or the other.
In any case, this was a nice colorful depiction of a familiar song that many children love, so I still recommend it.
Also, this is neither a positive nor a negative, but as the mother of a little boy who loves the Itsy Bitsy Spider I wonder why all the books we've seen so far make the spider a girl. The original rhyme doesn't specify, does it? I'm just assuming this spider's a girl because it's pink. Maybe I'm reading too much into that or gender stereotyping. But it's just a detail I thought was interesting since we recently read another book with a girl itsy bitsy spider.
Now that I think about it, I always thought the spider was a girl too, but I don't know *why* I assumed that. No one ever said so one way or the other.
In any case, this was a nice colorful depiction of a familiar song that many children love, so I still recommend it.
August 26, 2016
The larger size and bright illustrations make this a great choice for a story time program on a "spider-tastic!" theme. Each double-page spread is devoted to one phrase of the song at a time.
"The itsy bitsy spider" (plenty of time for children to enjoy the picture) -- turn page
Climbed up the waterspout (enjoy picture) -- turn page
and so forth. After sharing the book, lead the children in the action song.
"The itsy bitsy spider" (plenty of time for children to enjoy the picture) -- turn page
Climbed up the waterspout (enjoy picture) -- turn page
and so forth. After sharing the book, lead the children in the action song.
April 25, 2014
FYI - This book is an illustrated version of the song - it does not depart from the song in any way, shape, or form. That said, the illustrations are nice - I just wish it had expanded upon the song a smidge...
July 30, 2012
Who doesn't love the Itsy Bitsy Spider?!
August 4, 2012
It is a darling children's book. It tells you what happened after she climbed the spout again!
September 26, 2013
A fun visual interpretation of this traditional text.
January 22, 2014
Bright, fun illustrations accompany this picture book version of the popular rhyme.
Also, mad props for using "itsy bitsy" and not "teensy weensy," which is just wrong to me.
Also, mad props for using "itsy bitsy" and not "teensy weensy," which is just wrong to me.
January 10, 2015
Good for younger prek story time but other better choices of the same story for older prek bug story time.
February 5, 2016
Cute illustrations
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April 15, 2014The illustrations were cute. The spider's face, however was getting creepy by the end.
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May 16, 2019Shows spider has an umbrella!
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