Red Spider Hero

(Hardback)

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Age Range: 4 to 8

Bold and quirky, The Red Spider Hero is an imaginative adventure story about a real insect: the red spider! The Red Spider Hero, which tells the story of an teeny tiny red spider who dreams big and longs for adventure. As he talks with his grandfather, the big dreaming, little spider sails forth on the wings of his imagination. Since red spiders are microscopically small, they are too small to go far, but they can dream!

Reviews

Named to Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 " ...this tale won't burn out, nor will Cucco's illustrations, with their M&M colors and their shared aesthetic with William Steig, Jules Feiffer, and Quentin Blake. Just so, a story that celebrates the dreams of even the smallest of us--the really, really smallest." -- STARRED REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews "John Miller's Red Spider Hero was written more than 50 years ago, but its appeal is timeless. Harry's desire to be something bigger, something grander than his very small self won't be lost on young readers."----Karin Snelson, Shelf Awareness "...[an] amiable story of the limits of youthful ambition. Giuliano Cucco's black lines and deep shades of watercolor make the illustrations a glowing affair in this collaboration by the creators of 2014's Winston & George."----Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal

Author Bio

John Miller spent much of his grade school years with a friend, tramping about the woods, lakes, rivers and swamps of Morris County, New Jersey. These adventures inspired his children's books and articles about beavers, trout, starlings and other animals for many magazines. Giuliano Cucco was an artist and illustrator. He and his wife died in 2006 when they were crossing a pedestrian crossing in Rome and were hit by a motor scooter.