Kari Hammerschmitt

"So why do insects run away, As they catch sight of me, When all that I am trying to do, Is ask them in for tea?"

So wonders a solitary Miss Spider, unaware that her fellow bugs, terribly afraid of a creature so seemingly different, dare not even consider attending her party. Until...as events unfold, they see how gracious a spider she really is. In this, his first picture book, David Kirk creates 35 arresting paintings and original verse about an enticing arachnid and a host of other many-legged creatures.

A Parenting magazine Best Book of the Year, A National Parenting Publications Honor Book, A Parents Choice Award-winner