Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

Loving everything scientific except spiders, an arachnophobic Stink reluctantly attempts desensitization therapy exercises recommended by Judy and Webster before a real-life, fact-filled encounter takes them all by surprise.

Award-winning poet Leslie Bulion and illustrator Robert Meganck team up again for this collection of Haiku and other short poems and humorously accurate illustrations that celebrate the amazing attributes of Araneae. The book is also packed with helpful sidebars, call-outs, and backmatter, including a glossary of science terms, notes about the poetic forms, a list of common and scientific names, a spider-hunting adventure how-to, resources for further...

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. The pictures may be felt as well as seen.

Sunny Patch is abuzz with royal fever. A new baby bee princess has been born. Shimmer the beetle imagines what it would be like to be royalty. When she hears that the royal jewel beetles are looking for their long lost princess, Shimmer wonders whether she might actually be royalty.

An illustrated version of the well-known poem about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly.

Happily tunneling in the soil until the day he is challenged by a field mouse, an earthworm meets other forest animals and learns about their respective purposes before discovering that he is making a difference just by being himself.

"A spider arrives at City Hospital with some strange head injuries. How did this happen? And does it have anything to do with all the water rushing down the water spout?"-- Provided by publisher.

"Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a trip to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this wonderful...