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Aaaarrgghh Spider!
- Narrator
- Clementine Medforth
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 6 August 2026
- Run Time
- 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Picture storybooks, Insects and spiders as pets, Picture books: character books, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Insects, spiders, minibeasts, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care
What to expect
A rip-roaring shout-aloud picture book about a spider who wants to be the family pet from the internationally acclaimed illustrator of Julia Donaldson’s What the Ladybird Heard.
3Spider wants to be a family pet. But the family whose house she lives in are terrified of her! Whenever she tries to show them what a great pet she would make, they just scream, …AAAARRGGHH, SPIDER!…
A delightfully funny story all about fitting in, tolerance and making friends from bestselling author-illustrator Lydia Monks.
The perfect bedtime read for kids aged 3 and up.
Lydia Monks is an award-winning illustrator and author, known for her colourful picture books including I Wish I Were a Dog, Aaaarrgghh, Spider! and the Mungo Monkey series. She has is also the illustrator behind Julia Donaldson's What the Ladybird Heard, The Princess and the Wizard, The Singing Mermaid and Sugarlump and the Unicorn.
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Details
- Author
- Lydia Monks, Illustrated by Lydia Monks
- Narrator
- Clementine Medforth
- Duration
- 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008806750
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Picture storybooks, Insects and spiders as pets, Picture books: character books, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Insects, spiders, minibeasts, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care
Synopsis
A rip-roaring shout-aloud picture book about a spider who wants to be the family pet from the internationally acclaimed illustrator of Julia Donaldson’s What the Ladybird Heard. 3Spider wants to be a family pet. But the family whose house she lives in are terrified of her! Whenever she tries to show them what a great pet she would make, they just scream, …AAAARRGGHH, SPIDER!… A delightfully funny story all about fitting in, tolerance and making friends from bestselling author-illustrator Lydia Monks. The perfect bedtime read for kids aged 3 and up. Lydia Monks is an award-winning illustrator and author, known for her colourful picture books including I Wish I Were a Dog, Aaaarrgghh, Spider! and the Mungo Monkey series. She has is also the illustrator behind Julia Donaldson's What the Ladybird Heard, The Princess and the Wizard, The Singing Mermaid and Sugarlump and the Unicorn.
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