The not-so itty-bitty spiders

Amy Marie Stadelmann

Book - 2015

Beatrix is a witch, but her twin sister Olive is not, and when Beatrix plays one trick too many on Olive and their classmate Eddie the two decide to get back at her with a bucket of garden spiders--but when the spiders get into a growing potion and turn into giant spiders the three children have to work together to save their town.

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Published
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc 2015.
Language
English
Main Author
Amy Marie Stadelmann (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
72 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780545814812
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Twins Beatrix and Olive and friend Eddie have an adventure with spiders in this early chapter book. Beatrix, born at the stroke of midnight on a full moon, is a witch, while Olive, born 2 minutes later, is not. Olive and Eddie love science. (This is downplayed: the one bit of text that alludes to science, when Olive tells Beatrix that spiders are not insects because they have eight legs, not six, is cut short by Beatrix, who tells Olive to "stop talking like a teacher"an unfortunate message.) Beatrix loves to play magical jokes on Eddie and Olive, and they, in turn, hatch a plot to retaliate by dumping spiders on her, since Beatrix is afraid of spiders. Their plan backfires when the spiders get into Beatrix's growing potion and become giant spiders, forcing them to work together to remedy the situation. Although the story moves along, and the ample illustrations (graphic novel-like with plenty of dialogue bubbles) are lively enough, the story never really sparkles. More actual science information would have been welcome, and a stab at diversityEddie is shown as grayish (regrettably the same color as Beatrix's pet talking pig), compared to Olive's and Beatrix's paper-white skin tonedoesn't really make an impression. This pleasant tale doesn't stand out. (activities) (Fantasy. 5-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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