Continually in print since its original publication in 1964, The Adventures of Spider is a favorite collaboration between Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and Caldecott-winning artist Jerry Pinkney that showcases Pinkney's playful, stylized early work as a children's book illustrator. Now abridged and divided into two separate volumes (The First Adventures of Spider and The Further Adventures of Spider) this second volume includes three more abridged stories from the original work: "How the World Got Wisdom", "Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners", and "How Spider Helped a Fisherman". The stories are just right for Passport to Reading Level 4 early readers who want more stories about Spider, the witty, mischievous, and clever hero of West African folklore.
This is Book 1 in the Adventures of Spider Series. See all Adventures of Spider books here.
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JOYCE COOPER ARKHURST is the author of The Adventures of Spider and More Adventures of Spider (published by Scholastic in 1980). She lives in New York City.
JERRY PINKNEY is one of children's literature's most time-honored artists. He has been illustrating children's books for over 40 years and has more than 75 books to h
More about Joyce Cooper ArkhurstJerry Pinkney is one of today's best-loved children's book makers. Over his forty-year career as an illustrator, he has received five Caldecott Honors and won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, as well as being nominated for the prestigious international Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in New York with his wife, the author Gloria Jean Pinkney.
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