Some animals on a farm see a spider spinning a web on a fence post and try to talk to it. But the spider is too busy to respond, until a rooster asks about catching a pesty fly. The Very Busy Spider is a boardbook to feel as well as read and hear.

Collages of familiar farm animals complement this tale of a determined little spider toiling away to build her web.

The young child begins to develop a reading vocabulary by matching simple words with corresponding drawings of ten familiar animals from Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider." On board pages.

The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness, in a book with a toy clock for young readers to move as the spider goes about her day. On board pages.

The Very Busy Spider is now available as a coloring book! Perfect for both reading and coloring, this interactive picture book follows an industrious spider as she carefully spins her web. A cow, a pig, and other farm animals want her to play--but a busy spider needs to finish her work, or there'll be no dinner. Special artwork made just for coloring and blank pages at the end for original drawings give this classic story new life. A sure-fire hit for creative children everywhere.

Join The Very Busy Spider and all her friends in this spooky lift-the-flap board book! With a lift-flap on every spread, this sturdy casebound board book has all the tricks to make it a perfect Halloween treat for beginning readers! Say "Boo" and "Happy Halloween" with some of Eric Carle's most beloved characters, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider.

The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. Reprint.

A spider, blown by the wind to a fence post near a farm yard, begins to build her web and cannot be distracted from the task at hand--not by the horse, cow, sheep, goat, or dog. But when the rooster asks if she wants to catch a pesky fly, the busy spider is able to catch it in her web immediately!