The Very Busy Spider"My two-year-old and I love this book. It’s about a spider who blows in, lands on a fence post, and spends the entire day building a web. She keeps working as various animals tempt her to do other things. At the end of the day, she catches a fly in her web and then falls asleep, tuckered out from her busy day. This book has several things going for it. First, it is a very simple narrative, making it one of the first stories that your child will be able to understand. Second, it is repetitive. Toddlers LOVE repetition and it is good for them." - Amazon Review The Very Busy Spider is one of the best-selling books of all time with more than 1 million copies sold. Here is the full text of the book: The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Early one morning the wind blew a spider across the field. A thin, silky thread trailed from her body. The spider landed on a fence post near a farm yard...
and began to spin with her silky thread.
“Neigh! Neigh!” said the horse. “Want to go for a ride?”
The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.
“Moo! Moo!” said the cow. “Want to eat some grass?”
The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.
“Baa! Baa!” bleated the sheep. “Want to run in the meadow?”
The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.
“Maa! Maa!” said the goat. “Want to jump on the rocks?”
The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.
“Oink! Oink!” grunted the pig. “Want to roll in the mud?”
The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.
“Woof! Woof!” barked the dog. “Want to chase a cat?”
The spider didn’t answer. She was very spinning her web.
“Meow! Meow!” cried the cat. “Want to take a nap?”
The spider didn’t answer. She was very busy spinning her web.
“Quack! Quack!” called the duck. “Want to go for a swim?”
The spider didn’t answer. She had now finished her web.
“Cock-a-doodle do!” crowed the rooster. “Want to catch a pesty fly?”
And the spider caught the fly in her web... just like that!
“Whoo? Whoo?” asked the owl. “Who built this beautiful web?”
The spider didn’t answer. She had fallen asleep. It had been a very, very busy day. Here is another link on YouTube Book information: Reading age: 2+ Word count: 249 Number of unique words: 102, Word list Number of pages: 32 Year: 1984 Sales (millions): 1 Links: Amazon, Wikipedia, YouTube, Goodreads, LibraryThing, Common Sense Media, Printables, Lexile More books: 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 See also: Classic Children Books Classic School Age Children Books Classic Books for Teenagers Classic Children Books by Age Best-selling Books of All Time The Benefits of Reading for Kids Why Learn English Language? Shortest Books Shortest Books (unique words) Longest Books Best way to learn English How NOT to Learn English! CVC Words What you need to know to learn a new language? Why I forget what I learned? Vocabulary Size More...
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