A very, very busy spider's day

A spider lands on the farmyard fence and begins to weave a web.
At first, the words “Heehee! Heehee!” come.
He asks the spider to climb on his back, but the spider doesn't even respond.
Because they are busy weaving spider webs.
This time, the cow approaches, “Mum! Mum!”
He suggests that they go eat some delicious grass together, but the spider remains silent this time as well.
The farm animals' visits to find the spider have continued unabated since then.
Sheep, goats, pigs… they keep coming to the spider to play, but the spider doesn’t respond to anyone and just weaves a web.
The only other thing I did during the day was to catch and eat a fly once for dinner.
Not three times, but just once.
Did the spider, who worked hard all day, really get the results of his efforts?

Through the process of simple lines transforming into complex and beautiful creations,
A book that talks about the importance of hard work and sincerity

Spiders start weaving their webs early in the morning.
The weather is nice as the sun is shining brightly.
That's why farm animals only think about playing.
A whopping ten animals came to find the spider! Each animal wanted to play a different game.
But the spider is not interested in any games.
It's just weaving a spider web.
Readers of the book will suddenly wonder:
Why on earth do spiders spin webs instead of playing? The reason is, in a way, quite simple.
For spiders, a web is both a tool for catching prey and a resting place for sleeping.
If spiders had not built webs and gone out to play with animals, they would not have been able to eat flies, their only meal, and they would not have had a place to sleep at night.
The sight of simple lines transforming into complex and beautiful creations gives us a sense of anticipation and accomplishment for the results we achieve when we diligently immerse ourselves in one task.
If you are a reader who is absorbed in one thing like a spider, you will sympathize with the spider's busy day.
On the other hand, for readers who have difficulty focusing on one thing, unlike Spider, this book will provide them with a vicariously satisfying glimpse into Spider's day and serve as an opportunity to find something they can immerse themselves in.

On the left are various animals, and on the right are variations of spider webs.
Enjoy two fun things at the same time

The left pages of the book feature a series of farm animals that want to play with the spider.
Eric Carle brought ten different animals to life through collage.
The animals are all excited, from their bright eyes that show joy to their tails that seem to wag from side to side.
And these animals approach the spider while speaking in onomatopoeia, and provide readers with a variety of games using rhythmic, repetitive sentence patterns, making reading fun.
On the right page you can see the changes in the spider web.
This scene highlights the spider's sincerity in contrast to the animals on the left page.
The spider web begins with simple lines, increasing in number with each page turn, and by the end is dense and beautiful.
Against the backdrop of the dark night, the yellow spider web twinkles like stars in the night sky, maximizing and ending the spider's busy day without a moment's hesitation.

Picture books that you can see, hear, and feel with your fingertips

One of the special features of this book is the illustrations coated with a special material.
Spider webs, spider legs, and fly wings coated with a special yellow material protrude and can be felt with the fingertips.
So it is widely read by visually impaired children as well.

It is a beautiful piece that satisfies visually impaired children while maintaining artistic value.

-Reviewing the book "Honbuk"

The spiderweb that is being completed and the spider moving busily provide tactile satisfaction, but the buzzing flies also stimulate the reader's auditory imagination.
The fly is near the horse's head, then between the cow's legs, and then on the pig's tail.
Although no sound is expressed in the book, the change in position makes the buzzing of the fly feel like a commotion.
It's almost like taking medicine from animals.
A fly runs away to the right page when a rooster appears suggesting they go fly hunting.
A fly that had been staying on the left page gets caught in a spider web the moment it turns to the right page.
A day in Paris, busy circling around animals, ends humorously, giving readers a delightful experience.
"The Very, Very Busy Spider" is a picture book that can be seen, read, and felt with the fingertips, stimulating the senses of young readers in various ways.

Eric Carle, Artist for Children

Most of Eric Carle's works begin with small creatures living in nature, such as caterpillars, spiders, ladybugs, fireflies, and seeds.
Eric Carle developed an interest in nature while walking through meadows and forests with his father as a child, and that interest later became the most important theme and premise that permeated his work.
Eric Carle's works, created with an appreciation for nature and a love for animals big and small, instill a sense of awe in children.
Eric Carle also said that we should pay attention to the period when a child leaves home and goes to school for the first time.
Because it is a time when the enormous gap unfolds, from the world of home and safety, play and sensation, to the world of reason and abstraction, order and discipline.
Eric Carle wrote his book in the hope that it would serve as a tool to bridge that gap.
Carl's book is half toy (house) and half book (school), mixing play devices like punching, shape picking, and flaps with counting, days of the week, types of fruit, natural history information, and other educational elements.
Eric Carle's hope that children would grow through reading, playing, and enjoying his books is evident throughout his books.