How Spider Saved Christmas

How Spider Saved...

by Robert Kraus

Spider thought his Christmas presents to Fly and Ladybug were unappreciated until they were used to prevent a disaster.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Christmas, Classics, Holiday

40 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1970

About the author

Robert Kraus was an American children's author, cartoonist and publisher. Founder and publisher of Windmill Books, author and illustrator of award-winning children's books, Kraus began as a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...]

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spider gives his friends snow and ice for Christmas...but they come in handy when the kitchen lights on fire. Gotta. Love. It. 12/17/13

12/21/14 Still love it.

[Ak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fly is an ass and makes no apologies. I can respect that.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. "Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home; your house is on fire and your children alone...." Except this ladybug has no children. Nonsense story, but I guess the character sketches are kinda cute.

[Roland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heaven forbid atheist spider doesn’t celebrate the birth of Jesus like holier-than-thou ladybug and fly. Loved his gift of water though.

[Rick Christiansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember this story from my childhood. Rereading it, fly is kind of a buster

[JB · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spoiler alert! I love how Fly gives snapshots of himself in flight as gifts. And he gorges himself on cookies. He sure is pretty fly! Heave ho! And I miss my childhood. And I read his book to my son.