Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale

By Eileen Spinelli

Book Overview

Sophie is an artist who wants to spin beautiful creations all day long and, someday, a masterpiece. As a spider, though, Sophie has a hard time finding a welcoming place in which she can be free to live and spin. She's shooed and shuffled all over Beekman's Boardinghouse until one day she finally finds the warm, comfortable, safe home for which she always yearned -- and the inspiration for the masterpiece of her lifetime.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689866801
• ISBN13: 9780689866807
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 11.0" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Absolutely perfect! An awsome book.

Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale , written by Eileen Spinelli and illustrated by Jane Dyer is one of the very best children's book I have ever read. The story concerns a spider named Sophie. Sophie doesn't just spin a web--she weaves extraordinary works of art. Everyone who knows her is in awe of her talents. She strikes off on her own to a drab little boarding house where she takes up residence and weaves her wonderful webs--but none of the people there care for her webs--or for her, for that matter. Except for a boarder who is expecting a child. She welcomes Sophie into her room and as she knits clothes for the baby Sophie, now old and frail, weaves a special baby gift of her own.Warm and touching without being maudlin, Sophie's Masterpiece is a kind and loving story with extraordinary illustrations the dazzle on their own yet blend perfectly with the tale.I have given this book as a gift to many children and am told time after time that it soon ranks as those kids favorite book.Sophie's Masterpiece is a masterpiece, indeed!

Sophie

I read this book as part of our spider unit. My third grade class was absolutely enthralled with this beautiful story. When nine year old boys are wiping their eyes along with the teacher and the girls, you know you've got a special book.