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Miss Spider’s Wedding

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This is a picture of the cover for this book, it shows the vibrant colors that is used throughout.

 

Plot Summary

     Author: David Kirk is the author and illustrator of Miss Spider's Wedding.  Miss Spider's Wedding is David Kirk's second book about Miss Spider.  He dedicated this book to his wife.

      Genre: Picture book, poetry, and fantasy.

     At the begging of the book Miss Spider is introduced to Holley, a nerdy small built spider.  After meeting they decide to have tea.  They soon realize they have a wonderful connection; however, Miss Spider's friend May does not approve.  May feels that her friend should be with Mr. Right.  May finds a spider that is considered a handsome hunk.

      May tells him about Miss Spider so he goes to meet her.  once he is as Miss Spiders' place, the true side of Mr. Right really comes out.  He spills his secret plan to wed Miss Spider, and use her for her home.  When Miss Spider tells Spiderus Reeves that he moves way to fast for her and that she has already found her true love.  This causes him to become very mean.  He soon finds out that Holley is the one Miss Spider has chosen, and threatens him.  However, Miss Spider comes in and hits Spiderus Reeves on his back and saves Holley. 

     Once Miss Spider and Holley were safe, they decided to get married.  They planned and put on a perfect wedding, which included a band, friends, and a wonderful ceremony.

 

 

Characters

     There are four main characters in this book, Miss Spider, Holley, May, and Spiderus Reeves.  Miss Spider is portrayed as the single lady, who is lonely and needs to find a man to get married.  Holley is shown as the nerdy small built guy, who should not be with a beautiful woman.  Spiderus Reeves is the opposite of Holley.  He is the "perfect" guy that any girl would dream of being with, but turns out to be rude and stuck up.  May is the obnoxious friend, that thinks she knows best for her friends.

 

Textual Elements

     Miss Spider’s Wedding told in the third person, takes place in Miss Spider’s world, a mix between human necessities and natural surroundings.  The implicit message to this book is that society makes girls believe that one should have the most attractive, strong and intelligent man.  However, the book probes this wrong,  and shows that you can marry the type of man you want.  In the book this was shown as a helpful, wide, and kind guy, not the attractive strong type.  So in the end, one should be happy and fo for whom they want to be with, instead of being forced to like someone they don't.  In more simple words, one should follow their heart. 

Artistic Elements 

     Throught the book David Kirk switched up how the art and text were shown.  Some pages the pictures went across both pages, and the text would be written over the art.  On others only one page would have the images, and the other side would have the text.  Even in this case the side with the text would never be alone on a plan white page.  There would be smaller pictures in the corners of the page that went a long with the text.  The art is very detailed.  There are no dull colors used, only bright vibrant colors.  This makes it draw the reader in, and makes the reader want to look at the pictures, not just the text.  On page 7, the amount of thought that went into making sure that the reader really feels that the bugs are real is shown.  For example the table for the two bugs, is a quarter which holds their food dishes, and flowers.  On page 31 and 32, Miss Spiders' wedding dress looks like lace, however if the reader were to really analyze it, it is a spider web.  Little detail like this makes one want to look deep into the illustration and find the hidden elements.  Another way the author makes the picture really flow with the text is when the scene becomes "angry", the background becomes darker, this is shown on page 21.

     The illustrations that are in Miss Spider's Wedding was done with oil paints

This is an example of the darker colors the author used in his illustrations to show fear and anger.  This shows Spiderus Reeves attacking Holley, because Holley is trying to free the bugs that had been trapped in Spiderus Reeves web.

     

Analysis and Critique

     The in class discussions about picture books brought up the question, what makes a good picture book? The class decided that the text and pictures must work together and the complexity of the pictures must match the text. The richness and depth of the pictures perfectly compliments the whimsical poetry. The book explicitly stereotypes the average attractive person as being a better mate and person in general. 

 

According to the Parents Magazine Miss Spider is one of 1994's Top Childrens Picture Books.

 

 

Citation

Kirk, David. Miss Spider's Wedding. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1995. 

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Picture Book Citation

Last Name, First Name. Book Title. Illus. Illustrator First and Last Name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

One Author (No Illustrator)

Last Name, First Name. Book Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

 

Two or More Authors: 1)  List the names in the order they appear on the title page. 2) Only the first author's name should be reversed: Last Name, First Name. 3) Use a comma between the           authors' names. Place a period after the last author's name.

Last Name, First Name and 2nd Author First Name Last Name. Book Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

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References

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