An absolutely delightful book for pre-schoolers and early elementary kids. My grandchildren love looking at the opening pictures of a variety of spiders and have identified their favorite. The young narrator of the book explores the nature of spiders with humor and factual information while trying to endear himself to these somewhat ugly creatures. In the end, he finds redeeming value, but now is confronted with the equally ugly cockroach! Can he learn to love these as well?