AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Tony Diterlizzi
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION DATE: October 1, 2002
GENRE: Fiction
READING LEVEL: Ages 5-8
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This poem is about a spider trying to convince a fly to come upstairs. The fly denies every offer because she knows whatever goes up does not come down. She left and one day returned. The spider didn’t ask to go upstairs, he captured her. From that day on the fly was never seen again.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: I would read this around Halloween, and I would have the students create their own spooky poem.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Emily Cribb, Valdosta State University
