Customer Reviews
cute 
2007-09-05
iza trapani is the best. she's got wonderful imagination. every page is beautifully painted to take little minds and hearts out of this world. my son loves and remembers all her rhyme books since he was 3.
the story continues... 2007-08-09
I love this book! This my 6 month old son's favorite song, it makes him giggle and laugh every time. It is basically a continuation of the spiders story, and it is great to have a longer version to sing to him instead of the same old refrain over and over. Cute illistrations.
Hope you can sing! 2007-07-22
We were introduced to this book in our play group. My little one loves "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and always wanted me to sing it; over, and over, and over. I was so tired of the song. This book is a godsend. It breathed new life into our interaction. Not to mention it brought great visuals to one of my sweety's favorite songs.
Love it! 2007-02-16
We got this book when my 4 year-old was a baby because it was her favorite song, and now we own all of the books! This is personally my favorite, followed by Doggy in the Window. The nice thing is you can sing it or read it, and you won't get sick of it as quick as other books! (No more Goodnight Moon- please! :)
Beautiful illustrations. 2006-08-29
My 10 month old loves this book. We read it OVER and OVER, and he gets the biggest thrill every time I open it up. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and I can't wait to get some of her other books. I love her creativity.
Another favourite 2008-03-28
My daughter grew to really like me singing to her from this book when she was 17 months. Got the book from the library, ended up renewing it till we couldn't renew any more, and had to buy one. She loved looking for the spider on every page, and it was great fun singing more than the usual lines to her, about spider's pursuits. The best part was the end, when the "itsy bitsy spider rested in the sun" (the picture of the spider resting on its laurels wearing shades was so cool), and I taught my daughter to emulate the spider lazily lying back and say "ahh!", and she absolutely loved doing that as I sang this last line. Great book.
Good book for toddlers too 2008-01-04
My 2-year-old loves the Itsy Bitsy Spider song, so when I found this book, I thought it would be perfect for her. And it is. I can sing it or read it to her, and she loves finding the spider on each page and singing along with me. Although most of us are familiar with the first verse, there are actually multiple verses, which the author illustrates with vivid, colorful drawings.
My daughter isn't interested in the included cd, with its sing-along and page-turning cues, so the board book version may be the better option if you're buying for a toddler.
The Itsy Bitsy Spider 2007-10-29
My students loved this book. I introduced the nursery rhyme. I usually talk about the same rhyme for 2 weeks. On the 2nd week, I started reading the book each day. Great visuals! Very cute story additions to the traditional nursery rhyme.
Cute. 
2007-09-24
This is a cute book and CD series. The CD only has two songs and not as entertaining as I hoped. I would just buy the book if I were to do it again. It's not our favorite children's book but a cute one.
The Itsy Bitsy Spider 2007-09-11
ISBN 1879085771 - If you're foolish enough to take on generations-old childrens' songs, you'd better do a very good job or expect to be tarred and feathered! I was, honestly, all set to hate this book... but Trapani did a fantastic job.
You know the story, you don't really need a recap. Spider, spout, rain, etc. Trapani, however, has added 5 new verses, giving our spider friend several new things to climb and obstacles to overcome. A fun way to add new life to a song you're likely to sing a million times before you're done!
I was unimpressed by the illustrations at first. They're nice, pleasant, okay... but then, I tilted the book and got a very happy surprise. In each illustration, there are areas that have a high gloss, making them appear to shine. Not the entire image, which would be overkill, but specific things. For example, when the rain washes the spider out, only the spider and some of the water has the gloss. It's a very minor but attractive little detail that transforms the images by giving them a little something extra. The music on the last page is another detail I really liked. Kudos to Trapani, may I stumble upon more of her work!
