The Very Busy Spider

Author/Illustrator: Eric Carle

Genre: Fantasy

Grade Level: PreK-2

Early one morning the spider began to spin a web on a fence. A horse came by and asked the spider if she wanted to go for a ride. The spider didn't answer because she was very busy spinning her web. A cow came by to ask if she wanted to eat some grass. She didn't answer once again. A sheep, a goat, a pig, a dog, a cat, and a duck came by to ask if she wanted to hang out with them and each time she didn't answer because she was busy spinning her web. A rooster came by and asked her if she wanted to catch a fly and she caught the fly. An owl came by at night and asked who built the beautiful web and she didn't answer because she had fallen asleep since it was such a busy day. 

I would use this story to talk about the sounds that the animals were making. It could be used to teach about different animals as well. It also shows what each animal likes to do.

The illustrations are amazing collages and very colorful. The different animals have such character since they are a little bit more abstract since they are made from collage paper cutting and pasting.