![]() I'm hooked on the idea of steam from a tea cup making the letter K and a silk thread for Miss Spider to hang from. Notes: friendship / sensitive / kind / trepidation / graceful / poem / sad / lonely / hostess / fear / gentle / insects / tea cups / tea pot / checkered tablecloth / flower bouquet / rubber bugs / rain / windows / spider web / fireflies / shriek / gloomy nook / ants / spotted moth / lightening flash / blossoms / silk thread / tea steam / hopeful / children The cakes were fresh, the service gleamed, ![]() The moth spreads the word that there isn't anything to fear, and all of the insects decide to come to tea to share Miss Spider's courtesy. Then, a moth's wings become too damp to fly away and Miss Spider: ![]() She tries and tries to convince them to come, but beetles, fireflies, bees, ants, butterflies are too timid to try. It's a poem about a spider who hosts a tea party that no one comes too because all the insects are too afraid. My 6 year old daughter insists she is too old for it, but I keep dragging it off the shelf to read anyway. Miss Spider's Tea Party, by David Kirk, is one of my favorite children's books. ![]()
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