The Life of the Spider by J. Henry Fabre pen drawing from the “stopped woods” in

from the “stopped woods” in Marie Ponsot’s “End of October” to the chilling “mind of winter” in Wallace Stevens’s “The Snow Man

The poems are arranged around themes of meditation

I can't think of a better way to get kids away from screens and working with their hands

ISBN: 9780425238899

The Life of the Spider by J. Henry Fabre pen drawing from the “stopped woods” inOur first reaction to the Spider may be one of revulsion or fear. To many of us, she is a distasteful creature destined to be crushed underfoot. But here in this book we meet the Spider as Fabre did industrious builder, talented weaver, wily hunter, ill fated mate. His observations, often surprising or amazing, on the lifecycle of the Spider are drawn from more than fifty years of studying and caring for them. Yes, the Spider is well worth studying.