Happy Birthday Spider McDrew
By (Author) Alan Durant
Illustrated by Philip Hopman
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
3rd March 2005
New edition
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
96
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 6mm
90g
A second title about this lovable character who never quite manages to keep up with his classmates. Schools stories with the essential feel-good factor. Spider is always saying and doing the wrong thing: he forgets the punchlines to his own jokes; he daydreams in class; he always has odd socks on; and he even gets into a muddle over his party invitations. He may be a hopeless case, but is the most lovable of children and usually turns out to be the hero. Three stories in one book: in the first, Spider's class visits a doughnut factory but instead of a doughnut, Spider decides to make a doughnut man. In the second story, Spider's class as doing a project on the USA. Everyone is supposed to come to schools dressed as a cowboy, but Spider decides to be Geronimo. In the third story, it's Spider's birthday and he makes and gives out invitations -- but for the wrong day!
Alan Durant is the author of several picture books including the phenomenally best-selling Dear Tooth Fairy for Walker Books and the fiction series Spider McDrew for HarperCollins. He is a tireless schools visitor, and runs successful writers workshops for children at all the major festivals. Alan lives with his wife and three children in New Malden, Surrey.