Predictable Book

Title: The Very Busy Spider
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher:Philomel Books
Genre: Fiction
Age Range: K-3

Summary: A spider seems very independent and busy with making her a spider web. Many pets, farm animals, and an owl come up to the spider asking her to do something with them, but she never did till she caught a fly. I think that meant that the spider was all by itself till the right person came along and its a lesson for readers of the book. The spider turns down everyone and never says anything back to none of the animals because she was very busy, even in her sleep.

Response: This book is for younger children so that they can engage on the sound the animal makes and also predict on that the spider is "busy". I think its really cute and appropriate for younger elementary because it has a lesson about how to talk to everyone and not leave everyone out, as well as animal sounds, names of animals, and short sentences. Young readers would love to be able to sound the animal noises out and that helps them pay attention and actually try and read the book. The book made me wish I was young again and had a life without stress. I would love to be back in kindergarten or first grade and be able to yell out animal noises. It was fun and an enjoyable book to sit and read. I would use this book when it came to learning about animals such as their names and what sounds they make. This could also be a way to calm children down by allowing them to make the sounds and be noisy.