Customer Reviews (6)

Love the illustration
I love the illustration...the spider is very cute and it is neat the way the bird and cat is peeking through the grass.My only disappointment is that I want to sing the song while turning the pages, but the words are broken up across too many pages.The way it is laid out the pictures go along with the story, but it just does not flow nicely.

Book is sideways
Amazon's service was exceptional, as always, but the book reads sideways, which I find awkward.The illustations are beautiful.

Interesting book
Nothing groundbreaking other than the book is best read when held vertically (so that you flip the page up instead of left.

Excellent Book
My daughter has loved this book since she was four months old.The pictures describe the text and each picture foreshadows the next action.For example, the dark cloud appears in the sky before the line "Down came the rain".

The illustrator has also added a bird that watches the spider in all the pictures.This extra feature will delight older children and adds more interest to the "story".

The pictures are especially charming.

Best Isty-Bitsy Book on Market
Our daughter has loved this book since she was six months old!She has several Itsy-Bitsy Spider books, but this one is by far her favorite.The pictures are engaging and bright.There are only a few words on each page which match the spider's actions.Wonderful book with great illustrations. ... Read more

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (8)

Great Book 5-7 yr old
This book is better for a 5-7 yr old.I bought it for my 3 yr old and it's a little overwhelming for him.They're just too hard to find.I recco the Thomas Tank version.Overall I will save this book though for when he's a bit older.It's nice hard back/larger a great gift!! Great pics-little story line...

Spiderman version of Where's Waldo, but harder!!
My child was too young (3 years old) to appreciate this, and did more ripping out of pages, but this is a really cool book.The pages are drawn in the style of old comic books--very color and complete with WHAM's, POW's, and lots of villans, and are completely busy in the style of Where's Waldo--the pages chock full of items making Spiderman pretty difficult to find.I thought this was an awesome book and wish I had waited until he was older to give it to him.I would suggest this for more like 6-8 year olds, and think it would be a great gift for the little boy who loves Spiderman!!!

look and find feature is not great
my 3 yr old son likes looking at the pictures, however look and find feature is very difficult and objects to find are not interesting.

Great Book for the Spidey Lover's!
I purchased this book for my 3 year old for Christmas. He is the biggest Spider-Man fan. When it got here my daughter and I looked thru some of the pages, it's great! We searched for the objects it lists on the page and then we just looked for all the Spider-Mans on the page. I know my son will spend hours with this book. It's a taller book not a small square one but it's thin so easy enough for smaller kids to tote around. Every page is full of bright color and just loaded with pictures. It's not a reading book it's an "I Spy" book. Truely a Great Gift for any Spidey lover!

Lot'f of fun!!
This is an excellently illustrated book. It's not that easy for a young child but still fun to look and search. It will certainly bring out the detective skills in an older child (over5). Great for any Spiderman fan!!! ... Read more

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2004 EDITION (LOOK AND FIND SERIES--'THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN') ... Read more

Customer Reviews (17)

you can't go wrong with this book
My daughter and I love this book. The pictures are wonderful and it's fun to sing/read. You won't be sorry if you buy this book.

My FAVORITE Board Book
Both my daughter and son loved this book when they were about two to three years old.They are now four and six and don't ask for it much anymore.I buy this book as a baby shower gift a lot because I never grew tired of it even though my children asked me to read it over and over again.

Great Additional Verses
Our grandchildren love this expanded version of Eensy Weensy Spider. The additional verses are cleverly written and arranged to describe activities throughout the day to bedtime and back to morning. Also includes musical notes for the piano (and probably other instruments).

Out of the Pool
We borrowed this book from the library twenty million times and thus I decided to purchase it.My two year old daughter loves this book.We read it two to three times a day. Her favorite part is when the frog tells the spider to get out of the pool.She never tires of this page.Its a great book for it combines literature with song.A must for your library.

Great book!
This book is clever and fun. My daughter loves it - and so do I! ... Read more

Product Description

Mini Look and Find: The Amazing Spider-Man is a miniature Look and Find book with fun and exciting things to find and explore. Children can search action-packed scenes to help Spider-Man battle evil criminals. Buyers receive four copies of the same storybook. The compact size and light weight of these mini paperbacks make them a great choice for birthday party favors, gift bag treats, game prizes, and more. Pass them out at Halloween instead of candy.

Children can use their Look and Find skills in each colorfully illustrated scene to search for clues that will lead Spider-Man to the criminals who are plotting against him. At the end of the book, children are challenged to revisit to the scenes to search for more hidden items. Kids can help Spider-Man battle his enemies in these and other exciting scenes:

• Mysterio, Calypso, and the Weird Ani-Men have teamed up to get revenge on Spider-Man. See if you can find the clues that show where they'll strike first.
• At the crowded beach, try to spot the teddy bear, roll of tickets, cotton candy, and other clues Mysterio has left behind.
• The clues have led Spider-Man to the carnival. Find the bat, ball, cap, and other clues that tell where the villains will strike next.
• Search through the crowd both on and off the field at the baseball game for hints on Mysterio's next move.
• Help Spidey find the actor, actress, lion, theater masks, and more at Radio City Music Hall.
• Mysterio has left more clues in crowded Times Square. Scan the picture for the crate, barrel, hard hat, and other items.
• Spider-Man used his spider tracer to follow Mysterio to an old warehouse. See if you can help Spidey find the doorways that lead to the villains' secret base.

Customer Reviews (28)

Gone missing
PI Tess Monaghan has recently recovered from a traumatizing brush with death, and her bank account needs some replenishing. She accepts a request from Baltimore furrier to locate his wife, who has vanished, taking their children with her. He's broken hearted, and is willing to think only the best of his young wife, even though he knows all about her family's lurid history. Within a few days, Tess uncovers facts that explain the truth of Natalie's disappearance.

By a Spider's Thread is a fairly routine crime novel. Tess is a feisty character, and her client's obvious devotion to his religion and his family impels her to wrestle with her own fear of intimacy and her ignorance of the Jewish half of her own heritage. It's an interesting story, but to read author Lippman at her best, check out her stand alone novel, Every Secret Thing.

Wow!!
Definitely keeps your interest, and all the surprises as the book ends will amaze you....how in the world can someone even think of all these ideas and twists and turns and connections is beyond me.

The book was very good...not only the story, but how the love of family takes top priority no matter what the situation is. It wasn't suspenseful in the true sense, but you wanted to keep going to see what happens.

ENJOY!! I loved it.

More suspense than mystery
May contain spoilers

In many of the novels in her Tess Monaghan series, Laura Lippman tries a different approach. One is told from Crow's point of view, one is set in Texas instead of Baltimore, etc. In "Spider's Thread" she uses multiple points of view. When one of these POVs is the scheming bad guy, this creates a problem because the bad guy obviously knows his entire scheme from the beginning, but he only doles it out to the reader (or Lippman only doles it out) in bits and pieces so the reader remains in what's-next anticipation. Too much a sense of the author's hand. It's better when it's only Tess' POV and I believe this novel could have been written that way.

By halfway through this novel it's pretty clear what everyone's motives are and why they are doing what they are doing. The only question is how it's going to play out. The ending is a classic How Will They Escape from the Death Trap? That's where Lippman absolutely nails it. I did not see it coming, even though I should have because it fit perfectly.

Also, the "explanation" of why the police would not suspect homicide at the end is so far fetched as to be unworthy of our bad guy. No message would be left behind?

Liked Isaac. One plucky kid. The Judaism bits were interesting. Mark seemedmore like a construct than a real person. The portrait of the ex-con carpenter living with his shame touched me.

All in all, a good but not great Tess effort. It's still true that Lippman's standalones are her true masterpieces, expecially "What the Dead Know."

Hard to put down, but
This was my second Laura Lippman book. I found it very compelling at the start, but it seemed to bog down as it went on.There were several red herrings, but I was completely suprised by the turn of events.The ending wasn't what I expected.

I loved "Another Thing to Fall", but was disappointed with this book.

Dull and slow
There's a distinct lack of energy in this novel, no sense of urgency or energy.Also, I found the excessive references and asides regarding the main character's and other characters' religion to be very annoying.I'd say the same thing if we had to read constant references if the characters were Mormon, Catholic, or anything else. This adds nothing to the story and just adds more details which take away from the plot. ... Read more

Product Description
Spider Sense Spider-Man is an interactive book for preschoolers from the popular Play-a-Sound series. It follows Peter Parker as he morphs into the amazing Spider-Man and battles the Sandman, the Shocker, and Doctor Octopus. Preschoolers will have a blast pressing buttons to hear exciting sounds as they read this Spider-Man adventure.

Illustrated icons in the text match seven big, bright buttons on the panel at the side of the book. As readers and pre-readers follow the story, they can find the matching buttons and press them to hear the sounds of Spider-Man s battles.

Each button plays a different sound:
Spider-Man saying, I m your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
Spider-Man saying, My spider sense is tingling
The Sandman s punches
The Shocker s energy blasts
Spider-Man slinging webs
Spider-Man battle sounds
Doctor Octopus s mechanical arms

Extra-thick, coated pages prevent rips and tears, while three replaceable long-life AG-13 button cell batteries that power the book are included. Spider Sense Spider-Man conforms to the Specifications for Toy Safety of ASTM F963-07. The book has been safety tested for children 18 months and up. ... Read more

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Excellent
My grandkids ask me to read this all the time.The artwork is wonderful.This is the same poem we all know & love but with colorful artwork. ... Read more

Product Description
This engaging series of activity books seizes on children's natural attraction to strange and unusual animals to draw them into challenging games and learning activities. Each book features an accompanying CD-ROM "Alternet" with links to a monitored web site full of supplementary information that will enthrall students of many ability levels. In Insects & Spiders, fascinating information about everything from honeybees to beetles is synthesized into learning games. In Mammals, the evolution of whales and the complications that arise when big cats are kept in captivity are each discussed and integrated into Internet quizzes. And finally, in Reptiles & Amphibians, children are asked to consider how amphibians might continue to evolve in the future. Each book cultivates the ability to summarize varied information, make generalizations, and draw conclusions from charts and tables. ... Read more

Product Description
The Spider-Man Super Villain Showdown Storybook and Wristband is an interactive storybook for children ages 18 months and older that includes a child s wristband with five buttons to activate Spider-Man action sounds. Children can play with the wristband as they read about Spider-Man s latest adventures.

The Play-a-Sound book follows Spider-Man as he battles two villains who have teamed up to trap him. While battling Doc Ock, Spidey is intercepted by the Green Goblin. Spider-Man uses his spider-sense to make his two enemies defeat each other.

The wristband has a durable Velcro-adhesive strap and can be detached from the book. Children can join Spidey on his thrilling adventure when they press the wristband buttons to hear battle sounds and these four Spider-Man phrases:
Have no fear, Spidey s here!
Wooohoooo!
My spider-sense is tingling!
Gotcha!

The Spider-Man Super Villain Showdown Storybook and Wristband has durable board pages that prevent rips and tears. The book comes with three replaceable long-life AG-13 batteries and conforms to the safety requirements of ASTM F963-08. ... Read more