A young boy stops to watch a tiny yellow spider spin her web. The spider crawls along the delicate silken threads, sometimes hanging, sometimes spinning, sometimes staring back... Great use of words to paint a picture in one's mind.

This one seemed pretty airy-fairy under the cold fluorescent lights of the library but last night when we were tired and cranky at quarter to one it was soothing and apposite. ( )

Spiders creep me out, but this one was cute. the illustration drew me to the book and I was not let down. Great book to read at bedtime. ( )

This is simple story of a boy who closely examines and kind of befriends a yellow orb spider. His observations are eloquently noted and some figurative language is used. The spider builds and rebuilds her amazing web. The boy goes home with fond memories of the spider and alludes to her in his dreams. There is a quality end note with many facts about spiders. The illustrations are beautiful. This could start of a science unit on spiders of bugs. Best used with elementary or middle school. ( )

I loved this book's use of noticing as a catalyst for the text and the endnotes are very well done, as are the endnotes in most of London's books. ( )