Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin

This book is too cute! The book is written as if a spider is writing a diary. Some of the entries go together and some of the entries are random. This book has a lot of humor and a lot of spider puns. The book has the entries to read, conversation bubbles, and you can also read postcards or signs that are in the drawings.

The illustrator, Harry Bliss, does a great job of adding humor in the pictures and making the text go along with the pictures. The pictures are very kid friendly. I also like that the book has pictures that the spider took in the front and back of the book. Each picture has a caption to explain what the picture is. I think kids really enjoy this book because it is funny and it is different; there aren't many books written in this format.

This would be a great book to use for mini-lessons. I used it to show how to make the text and illustrations match. It would also be good to use to show kids different styles and purposes for writing. You can use it as an example of how kids can write in their writer's notebook. I recommend this book for all ages.