How Spider Saved Easter

How Spider Saved...

by Robert Kraus

Spider helps Ladybug celebrate Easter when he provides her with a new hat for the Easter parade after her old one is ruined

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Holiday

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1988

About the author

Robert Kraus was an American children's author, cartoonist and publisher. Founder and publisher of Windmill Books, author and illustrator of award-winning children's books, Kraus began as a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...]

Reviews

[Ms. B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spider doesn't celebrate Easter. Even though, he turns down an invitation to Ladybug's Easter party; he ends up attending and (like the title says) saving the day.

[Emery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Library date ♡

[Amanda Grooms · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well... Our basement flooded. Long story short, Brent was digging through boxes of my childhood books, and found a few books that Z has taken a shine to. This is one of them. Not really a fan of spiders (shudder), but he likes this, so it's all good.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars--I'll definitely rate this as one of the most unique, if not downright surreal, Easter stories I've encountered. In the series' trademark childlike illustrations, Spider opts out of celebrating Easter, but thanks to his friends, ends up having the most eventful Easter ever.

It's odd, it's wacky, and it's refreshing after seeing so many Easter kids' books that just repeat the same tropes and storylines over and over.

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had this book when I was a kid and when I saw it at a thrift store, I knew I needed to grab it for my son. I loved the illustrations and thought the fly was the best part because he reminds me of Oscar the Grouch. Note that my son is obsessed with Sesame Street, I knew this book would be a hit. I hope to pass this along to my grandkids if I ever have any down the line.

[Roland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fly’s kind of a jerk in this one, but otherwise another fine spider story.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter chose this from the school library. It's a treat...

[Gabriel Wallis · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book on April 13, 1988, when I was seven years old. And I know I've read it a couple of times when I was younger. Well, tonight I read it to our kids, and I really didn't appreciate it like I used to. That's what happens when you get older. You start to see things in a different light. Spider is a total codependent. He really didn't want to go to an Easter party that Ladybug was putting on. But because Ladybug threw a little fit about Spider not attending, he decided to stay and make her happy. His codependency won the day. I really don't want my kids to learn codependency. And what's up with Fly? What a grump! I gave the book two stars based on the art. The illustrations were definitely eye-catching. Otherwise, the book deserves one star.

[Anne Robertson]

Spider doesn't celebrate Easter but gets invited to an Easter party. When he delivers his regret letter he ends up staying at the party and having a fun time. Good for talking about being creative and thinking outside of the box. Spider has to problem solve to make lady bug happy again.

[Rhica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I grew up with this book not knowing it was one in a series. Now they are no longer printed. Sad day....

Wonderful book! I love the part where they dip eggs in dye!