AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mary Howitt and Tony DiTerlizzi
PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers PUBLICATION
DATE: 2002
AWARDS: 2003 Caldecott Honor Award
GENRE: Picture Book/Poetry READING
LEVEL: 2nd-5th Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A spider persuades a naive fly by using flattery to coax the fly into his web to be his dinner.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will create black and white charcoal drawings of a spider or any other type of insect.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kirsti Slaughter, Valdosta State University
