Saturday Storytime: Spiders

Just in time for Halloween, or any time of year you want to explore creepy-crawlers, this is the perfect storytime! Spiders are really great at helping the environment and it’s important to teach kids about spider facts. Today, I’m sharing nine spider books both fiction and nonfiction that can work for a variety of ages from toddlers through early elementary school! Plus, what’s a storytime without some great extension activities? I’ve got those too! Let’s get Saturday Storytime: Spiders started (try saying that five times fast!).

Saturday Storytime: Spiders Book List

• Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
• Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott
• Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Harry Bliss
• I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton
• The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
• Miss Spider’s Tea Party by David Kirk
• The Spider and the Fly by Mary Botham Howitt, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
• Spiders (National Geographic Kids Readers) by Laura Marsh
• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Also, check out The Hugely-Wugely Spider by Ethan Berlin which I reviewed a few years ago!

Songs

• Spider on the Floor by Raffi
• The Eensy Weensy Spider with extra verses from Jbrary
• I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Burl Ives
• Little Miss Muffet

Activities

• Paper Plate Spider Webs – PBS Kids
• Toilet Paper Roll Spider Stamps – Crafty Morning
• Crayon Resistant Spider Webs – Fun Littles