The Very Busy Spider's Favorite Words (World of Eric Carle), White

by Eric Carle

Kids will love flipping through this chunky board book, their first step to reading Eric Carle books on their own! The book features ten images and ten easy words from Eric Carle’s classic books. First-time readers will love to learn these words and pictures and then find them later in the original picture books!

Genres: Childrens

20 pages, Board Book

First published September 6, 2007

About the author

Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sturdy little book for babies to start learning their animals.

[Canette Arille · Rating 4 out of 5]

Words and pictures. Educational book for children. But I dont like the cover. The very busy spider face looks scary,

[Rachael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm trying to keep track of my baby's favorite books and I keep forgetting to review this one because I don't always think of it as a book. It's a tiny little book, but the really fat pages make it almost feel like a toy. I carry this one with me wherever we go as it will entertain my son for longer periods of time. The fact that it's small and chunky means he has been able to flip through the pages by himself long before he could turn the pages of a typical board book. This is a nice catalog of all your standard animals- cat, dog, horse, sheep- some are familiar from Brown Bear Brown Bear but thankfully none of the obscure animals like those featured in Baby Bear, Baby Bear which I don't think are helpful to this age group. I agree with another reviewer that this is not sturdy enough- we've used it heavily for about 6 months now and the binding is breaking. However, I worry that if it had a sturdier spine it would be harder for babies to flip through the pages. I don't think my son will care if it breaks in half- I'm sure he'll just find different ways to use it. If I do end up having to replace it- at $4 it is still well worth it.

[Kathryn (Dragon Bite Books) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I liked this book even less than The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Favorite Words. There was no pairing of nouns such as there was in The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The only real delight in this series is Eric Carle's illustrations, but those are even more delightful when paired with a background rather than being an isolated figure. Other than that, I can praise their small size, just right for a young toddler's hands.

Re-reading this book this October, I think maybe that first review was a tiny bit harsh. I still can’t color myself impressed, but I did enjoy the colors of Carle’s illustrations and I was not so… offended.

Still, it does seem that this book’s purpose is to capitalize on Carl’s commercial success.

[Tori · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was hard to rate and review. The book was very very small and seemed like it could easily be pulled or fall apart. I'm not sure what age group this particular book could even be grouped in.

[Voracious_reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting drawings. Simple. No story. Just a word learning book. Good for young child learning words, not one that needs a story. Nice animal focus.