Spinderella: The hilarious illustrated children’s picture book from the author of The Gruffalo and Tales From Acorn Wood

Reviews

Mummy of Two

We have the paperback version which is a good sized book measuring 24. The storyline and illustrations are very nicely done and both of my children love this book and being able to count along with the children and S's inside and as the book focuses on numbers and their importance even this Mummy with a slight bit of arachnophobia can read it with my little ones. I was a little cautious about buying this book because obviously by the picture on the front and the name Spinderella it's about my not so loved word beginning with S but the illustrator has actually almost made them look quite cute (I still make a point of not looking at some of their little fangs though and especially the Hairy Godmother) and the storyline and book itself is wonderful. The book is not written in the usual rhyming style which most books like this tend to be which is nice for a change.

I am not a fan of the S word (Spiders - it even creeps me out typing the name! I love that the book teaches the importance of counting and numbers and that there is also an opportunity for your little one to count up to 20 by counting the 20 children on the football team and then divide that into two to make 10 each.

Along comes her Hairy Godmother who shows Spinderella to a classroom at the school where she lives and Spinderella learns how to count. My son is currently struggling a little with his counting and so this book has been wonderful to reinforce the numbers up to 20 and more importantly both of my children love the book. 5cm. 5cm by 27.

The story tells of a little S called Spinderella who dreams of learning about numbers and how to count but her Mum and siblings are not interested and think that counting and numbers are useless. ) but I do love Julia Donaldson books and more importantly my children love them and I don't think we have had a 'dud' yet.