Check out more picture book reviews @ Perspective of a Writer...This is the diary... of a spider. But don't be worried – he's more scared of you and your gigantic shoe! Actually, he's a lot like you. He goes to gym class and has Grandparents' Day at school. But he also spins sticky webs, scales walls, and takes wind–catching lessons. Lucky for him, his best friend is a fly!To be honest I knew my nephew would ADORE this book as much as he did the diary of a fly book we read from the same series.

This is another great book we picked up today from our library. I'd never read any books in the Diary of a... series, but I'm definitely going to check out the others. This is such a creative book about the concerns of a young spider. The drawings are so funny, and you can tell the author put a lot of thought into what the world is like from the spider's point of view. In one of his diary entries, the little spider writes about Safety Day at school and how he learned what to do in case he ever h...

Wonderful story and illustrations.

Diary of a Spider, Doreen CroninDiary of a Spider is a children's picture book published in 2005 and it is a sequel to Diary of a Worm. It is written by Doreen Cronin and it is illustrated by Harry Bliss. The book is a diary written by a spider. The diary has things such as pictures of Spider's family, a picture of his favorite book, a discovery of a sculpture, and a playbill from the school's production of "Itsy Bitsy Spider". There is also a slight story line about Spider's friendship with Fly...

In my book, any story that includes (or results in) all of the following things MUST receive five stars:1. Makes me laugh -- out loud -- more than once and often more than once per page.2. Involves anyone whose response to a vacuum cleaner is, like mine, to run screaming from the room. 3. Features a grandfather who looks like Indiana Jones (the spider version).4. Includes a very believable (and cringe-worthy) illustration of an insect as President in the Oval Office.5. Supports cross-species fri...

Grades K-3Kirkus Editor’s Choice This follow-up to "Diary of a Worm" will make kids and adults roll with laughter. The personified spider, friend of worm and fly, accounts the diary of his life in scrap book, diary format which includes pithy one-liners like, "Went to the park with my sister today. We tried the seesaw. It didn't work." The illustrations magnify the humor of the punch lines, playing with perspective and poking fun at humans. This would be a great addition to a text set about spid...

I love this book.My favourite part is when they have the vacuum cleaner drill.

3.5 - The humor was by far the best part of this story. The illustrations aren't lacking in anyway but the humor tops everything. Julia (and I) both laughed out loud a few times. Why aren't I rating it higher then? I don't know. I asked Julia and she says 3 stars and I have to agree with her. I'm throwing in the .5 because we did laugh more than usual. I just can't give it 4 stars for some reason though.

Following up on their humorous Diary of a Worm , author Doreen Cronin and illustrator Harry Bliss present this picture-book diary of Worm's best friend, Spider. Opening in March (just like its predecessor), Spider's diary chronicles his home and school life, and his friendships with Fly - a departure from days of old, when spiders and flies were terrible enemies - and Worm.Although there is less of an ecological theme here than in Diary of a Worm , the same combination of humorous story an...

I found this book super adorable! This book was basically what the title says. This book can make children interested into bugs and insects especially spiders. It teaches that not all spiders are bad. I liked how they incorporated a fly because as most people know that spiders eat flies. In the end papers the illustrator added Polaroid type pictures that had little descriptions at the bottom for example Charlotte's Web being the main character's favorite book or a picture of a trampoline made ou...

A series of journal entries from a young male spider. Instructive about spider anatomy and behavior, but also entertaining and humorous. Fly (from Diary of a Fly) and Worm (from Diary of a Worm) make appearances in this book as Spider's friends. The unlikely friendship between Spider and Fly is particularly notable, relevant, and fun. Illuminating example of strong voice from a non-human narrator. Great for classroom or group use to mentor journaling activities. Can be paired with Diary of a Wom...

This is another fun book in the Diary of a... series by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss. A spider child's diary - an interesting perspective from a tiny creature. The narrative is informative and entertaining (not always easy to accomplish) and the illustrations are colorful and funny. Our girls enjoyed watching the story on the Tumblebooks website. (www.tumblebooks.com)

Just as charming as Diary of a Worm (and featuring a Worm cameo), this book follows six months in the life of a rambunctious little spider. He plays tricks on people by weaving webs in water fountains. He hangs out with his best friend Fly instead of eating her. The book shows how spiders migrate by flying on the wind. And Spider has a little message to kids to not be afraid of spiders. I'm not afraid of spiders, but some of the illustrations with lots of spiders gathered in one place gave me th...

What does a young spider have to say in his diary? Oh, the usual--including his friendship with a fly and his fear of people with big feet. I will be using Diary of a Spider as a mentor text to introduce personal journal writing to my first-grade group. I'm capitalizing on the journal text features (date, illustrations, titles) and the delightful, funny voice of the narrator. I can't wait to teach this lesson.

My students really enjoyed Diary of a Worm, so they voted on reading this book. This is a diary of a spider. The spider is a lot like a human with just different fears. He goes to gym class and has Grandparents' Day at school. But he also spins sticky webs, scales walls, and takes wind–catching lessons.

This, along with Cronin's two other diary books (fly, worm) are perfect introductions to the concept of the diary for young children. And the stories are cute too!

Even the non-reader will be wowed by the illustrations. Reads just like a diary. The vacuum drills will remind the grandparent reader of the nuclear drills of the ‘50s.

I also read Diary of a Fly this morning. We really enjoyed this one too. Very clever to show from the perspective of smaller creatures.

Fun book about life from the perspective of a spider. It teaches fun facts about spiders while being quite humorous.

This book is a picture book. this book is intended for children ages 4-10. Diary of a spider is about a spiders daily life and what its like to be a young spider learning things everyday. I rated this book with 5 stars. Firstly, because the illustrations are great and that's what makes a picture book a picture book. Also, I like how the book states at the end we shouldn't all hate spiders just because some of them bite. It also states if we took the time to get to know each other we would get al...