Spid the Spider Helps Out at Spidmas

John Eaton

Description

The fifth book in the Spid the Spider series; It's Spidmas in Spider Webdon. But this year, it's no ordinary Spidmas. As Spid wraps presents and gets ready to welcome his friends, little does he know this will be a Spidmas he will never forget. Features 2 songs: 'A Faraway Spidmas Wish' and 'Spidmas Day'. QR codes take readers to musical versions of the songs.

Sujets

• Picture book
• Christmas

Informations

• Publié par: Spidling Productions
• Date de parution: 05 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781739951412
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Spid the Spider Helps Out at Spidmas

First published as a paperback in 2022.

ISBN 9781739951412

Published by Spidling Productions Ltd Meadow Court, Minehead Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6NS, England Copyright © 2022 by John Eaton. All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 5th Floor, Shackleton House, 4 Battle Bridge Lane, London, SE1 2HX, England, without the permission in writing of the publisher.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue reference for this book is available from the British Library. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd, King’s Lynn, Norfolk

This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used in paper production.

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With grateful thanks to my wife Sue, Darren Cullum, Emma Devine, Peter Dymond,Melissa Shephard, Michael Smetham, Alexa Tewkesbury, Guy Tomlinson, Alistair Whiteley and Alexa Whitten.

And especially to my granddaughter Evaleigh, without whom, Spid would not exist.
Father Spidmas

Dollop the

reindeer

spid the spider

This book features:
Hello spidlings!

Spid the spider here. I live in a village called Spider Webdon, which has its own steam train station. I can go almost anywhere when it’s open. It’s spidtastic.

The bus service is rubbish though and there are no buses at all on Spundays.

My house is at the top of a hill. I live there on my own and I work very hard for very little pay. Which isn’t helpful when you’re trying to improve your prospects.

I like listening to music called SpidRap and I’ve got a girlfriend called Bid. One day,

I’d like to marry Bid – if I ever earn enough money to get married.

I do try hard to be good. I want to be a better spidling. But sometimes … well … let’s just say I get a bit carried away. That’s when Bid has to put me straight. She’s clever at that.

And did I mention I write songs? I’ve written some about the adventures I have in my books. I sing them too. If you have a listen, you can join in and sing along …
BRRRR …

It was cold. VERY cold.

Only when it’s VERY cold do spidlings (and people) huddle up and go, “BRRR”.

Spid had been BRRR -ing since he’d crawled out of bed.

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“BRRRR …” he said, as he scuttled to the bathroom.

“BRRRR …” he said, as he pulled on his shoes.

“BRRRR …” he said, as he looked out of his kitchen window.

It was snowing outside. Spider Webdon was all white.

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“Time for a warming moth latte, Spid,” Spid said to himself. “Followed by a crunchy-cricket sandwich – hot from your spidtastic crunchy-cricket-sandwich toaster. And then some tasty grasshopper granola. After all,” he added, “you have to eat plenty, Spid. Cold days need warming up.”

Today was Spidmas Eve, which meant that tomorrow was Spidmas Day.

Spid loved Spidmas Day.

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He was so excited, he couldn’t wait to wake up on Spidmas Day morning.

He couldn’t wait until it was time to open his presents either.
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And he couldn’t wait for his Spidmas Day lunch – insect roast, with all the trimmings. And for pudding, a sweet mosquito dessert. Perfect. Emm, emm …

Spid also couldn’t wait because tomorrow, he was having a Spidmas party. His girlfriend Bid would be there, along with his cousins, Stidley and Ridley Spidley, and his friends, Herman the harvestman and Cleverley Evaleigh.

His other friends, Pistachio Newt and Nutty Slack, were coming too. Spid hadn’t invited them but that didn’t seem to matter to Pistachio and Nutty. They’d invited themselves.