Cañon City Public Library

An assortment of poems featuring insects and spiders.

One night, after a story, a snuggle, and one last sip of water, a little girl in a big city was getting so sleepy... when out of the corner of her eye--spider. Armed with odds and ends from around the room, the girl finds herself face-to-face with a huge, hairy beast. Will she banish the intruder?

The wind blows Itsy Bitsy Spider to a day of adventure among various farm animals.

Ladybugs are bright red beetles with little black spots. They're very helpful in the garden. What would life be like as a ladybug? This book let's readers experience a day in the life of one of these little red bugs. Accessible text makes reading easy and fun for emerging readers and young listeners. A Words to Know section helps children develop reading comprehension skills. Readers and young listeners will be drawn into the story by the bright,

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Frightened after the scary waterspout incident, the Eensy Weensy Spider needs some encouragement from her friend the ladybug before she will try climbing again.

An introduction to spiders that describes their physical characteristics, behavior, various breeds, and role in history.

This book provides simple text and supportive images introducing beginning readers to the physical characteristics of ants.

"It's Christmas Eve and Little Miss Spider is lonely--she doesn't have a little brother or sister to help build snowy creatures and join in her holiday games. Just when Little Miss Spider is wishing her hardest for a friend, she gets whopped with a snowball and discovers Asparagus Beetle..."