ery bright pictures will capture the attention of kids. The verse is well done, and can be used for teaching about rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration. The story is a good one for teaching about caring for others. ( )

It's Christmas and Little Miss Spider has no one to play with, until Asparagus Beetle arrived throwing a show ball......fun and enjoyment follow as well as a wonderful surprise.

Spider was sitting with her Christmas tree all alone with her tea. She was wishing for one gift. Only one this year. Her mom kissed her and she was ready to play hoping that a friend would want to play with her. But no one was in the woods to play with her. Little Miss Spider was challenged to a race. Her friends built a castle with her of snow. They were having a great time. She was the queen. They realized that the friend she had found needed a family too, so her family opened their house to him and two wishes were granted with one little wish. ( )

It's Christmas Eve adn Little Miss Spider is lonely - she doesn't have a little brother or sister to help build snowy creatures and join her in holiday games. Just when Little Miss Spider is wishing her hardest for a friend, she gets whopped with a snowball and discovers Asparagus Beetle. Couple Asparagus be the little brother she has wished so hard for? This charming tale is a sparkling holiday story about generosity, compassion adn finding one's way home.