A Web for All Seasons
By (Author) Natalie McKinnon
Illustrated by Margaret Tolland
Starfish Bay Publishing Pty Ltd
Starfish Bay Children's Books
1st August 2020
Australia
Children
Fiction
823.92
Hardback
36
Width 260mm, Height 240mm, Spine 8mm
410g
Age range 5 to 9
A bored spider wants to quit spinning webs but she can't have new adventures without maintaining the rituals that define her.
Little Spider spins her webs all day, every day, until one day she grows bored and declares she is done with spinning. But through each season, as she seeks the new adventures she desires, she finds spinning a web is necessary. A beautifully written tale about self-acceptance and appreciation of one's own gifts with lyrical language that makes it a delightful read-aloud.
Natalie McKinnon is an early childhood educator with over twenty years' teaching experience in Australia. Natalie also presents environmental workshops for pre-school and elementary audiences. Her workshops encourage children to understand where real food comes from and to develop an understanding of the relationship between their health and the environment. Margaret Tolland is an artist from New Zealand, whose illustrations are packed with detail. Through her work, get closer to the habitats and lifestyles of the many species, both flora and fauna, that she explores with an eye on environmental education. With twenty years' experience in visual arts education and working in a gallery, Margaret now illustrates full-time.