Miss Spiders Wedding - Softcover

Kirk, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141500727 ISBN 13: 9780141500720

Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE, 2006

Synopsis

Miss Spider has met a wonderful spider man who is wise, kind and sincere - perhaps he's her Mr Right. But when her well-meaning friends set out to find her a more dashing mate, the suave arachnid strongman they choose threatens to destroy even the best-spun spider plans.

About this title

About the Author:

Kirk has studied painting for more than twenty years, starting in junior high school. A graduate of the Cleveland Art Institute, his bold palette and unique style are influenced by everything from nineteenth century academic painting to 1930s animation. Mr. Kirk lives in upstate New York with his wife, Kathy, and his daughters, Violet, Primrose, and Wisteria.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2?Miss Spider, of Miss Spider's Tea Party (Scholastic, 1994), falls for Holley, an unprepossessing male spider. Her friend, May the beetle, feels she deserves better ("That pantywaist will never do") and sets her up with handsome Spiderus Reeves, who turns out to be a cad. True love triumphs, though, and Miss Spider and Holley wed. All this is told in a long, ponderous, rhyming text that robs the story of any inherent interest it might have for children. Kirk's air-brushed artwork is extraordinary. His large-eyed, brilliantly colored insects have a 3-D quality. Spiderus Reeves, with the humanized face of a distorted harlequin, has a truly malevolent appearance. Yet the level of visual sophistication and suggestion of seductive evil is out of proportion to the cartoon innocence of the other characters. This makes him a singularly disquieting figure?more than just a villian to be vanquished: a personification of evil. Children may be attracted to the cover showing a smiling Miss Spider gazing shyly through her spider-web veil, but overall the book is flawed.?Karen James, Louisville Free Public Library, KY
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About this edition

• Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0141500727
• ISBN 13: 9780141500720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32