8 best-selling storytime books like The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Cover of The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

The Very Busy Spider

By: Eric Carle

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Board book

From bestselling author and illustrator Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar , co…

If you liked the storytime plot in The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

1. Good Night, Gorilla

By: Peggy Rathmann

4.23

Format: 32 pages, Board book

A must-have board book for all babies.Good night, Gorilla.Good night, Elephant. It's bedtime at the… read more

Similar categories in Peggy Rathmann's Good Night, Gorilla book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

2. The Very Busy Spider

By: Eric Carle

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Board book

From bestselling author and illustrator Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar , co… read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • 1st grade
  • storytime
  • nature
  • juvenile
Cover of Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

3. Llama Llama Red Pajama

By: Anna Dewdney

4.30

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Llama, Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn’t coming yet. Baby Llama starts … read more

Similar categories in Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama Red Pajama book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle, Bill Martin Jr.

4. Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

By: Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

4.25

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? is the final collaboration from this bestselling author-illu… read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
  • juvenile
Cover of Dinosaur Dance! by Sandra Boynton

5. Dinosaur Dance!

By: Sandra Boynton

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Board Book

A brand-new board book about dancing dinosaurs from the beloved and bestselling Sandra Boynton! ZAN… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Boynton's Dinosaur Dance! book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
Cover of Blue Hat, Green Hat (Boynton Board Books) by Sandra Boynton

6. Blue Hat, Green Hat (Boynton Board Books)

By: Sandra Boynton

3.87

Format: 172 pages, Board Book

read more

Similar categories in Sandra Boynton's Blue Hat, Green Hat (Boynton Board Books) book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime

7. Bear Snores On

By: Karma Wilson , Jane Chapman

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

One by one, a whole host of different animals and birds find their way out of the cold and into Bea… read more

Similar categories in Karma Wilson's Bear Snores On book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

8. Moo, Baa, La La La!

By: Sandra Boynton

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely … read more

Similar categories in Sandra Boynton's Moo, Baa, La La La! book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

9. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

By: Audrey Wood , None

4.09

Format: None pages, Board Book

The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear are known and loved by millions of children around the wor… read more

Similar categories in Audrey Wood's The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

10. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

By: Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant… read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

11. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

By: Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The author and illustrator team behind the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? turn th… read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

12. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

By: Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

4.11

Format: None pages,

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture book published in 1967. Written an… read more

Similar categories in Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

13. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb

By: Al Perkins , Eric Gurney

3.89

Format: 440 pages, Board Book

Illus. in full color. A madcap band of dancing, prancing monkeys explain hands, fingers, and thumbs… read more

Similar categories in Al Perkins's Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

Cover of The Going To Bed Book by Sandra Boynton

14. The Going To Bed Book

By: Sandra Boynton

4.24

Format: 16 pages, Board Book

Getting ready for sleep is tons of fun in this special anniversary edition of a Sandra Boynton clas… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Boynton's The Going To Bed Book book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
  • juvenile

15. The Mitten

By: Jan Brett

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. One… read more

Similar categories in Jan Brett's The Mitten book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

16. Hop On Pop

By: Dr. Seuss

3.44

Format: 326 pages, Paperback

This charming book introduces young children to words that rhyme, such as Hop and Pop, Cup and Pup,… read more

Similar categories in Dr. Seuss's Hop On Pop book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

17. Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

By: Rod Campbell

4.60

Format: None pages, Board Book

A child writes to the zoo for a pet. The zoo send a series of unsuitable pets, revealed behind flap… read more

Similar categories in Rod Campbell's Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

Cover of Giraffes Can't Dance by Guy Parker-Rees, Giles Andreae

18. Giraffes Can't Dance

By: Guy Parker-Rees , Giles Andreae

4.33

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Gerald the giraffe longs to dance, but his legs are too skinny and his neck is too long. At the Jun… read more

Similar categories in Guy Parker-Rees's Giraffes Can't Dance book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

  • childrens
  • picture books
  • animals
  • fiction
  • kids
  • storytime
"We all can dance," he said, "when we find music that we love."

-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance

"But sometimes when you're different You just need a different song"

-Guy Parker-Rees, Giraffes Can't Dance

19. The Snowy Day

By: Ezra Jack Keats

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the … read more

Similar categories in Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

20. Where's Spot?

By: Eric Hill

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

When Where's Spot? was published in 1980, children all over America took Eric Hill's lovable puppy … read more

Similar categories in Eric Hill's Where's Spot? book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

21. Ten Apples Up On Top!

By: Theo LeSieg , Roy McKie

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Learning to count has never been more fun than in this crazy tale of a dog, a lion and a tiger all … read more

Similar categories in Theo LeSieg's Ten Apples Up On Top! book and Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider

8 must-read fiction books like The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Transform Your Habits

Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann

4.23

Transform Your Habits

The Very Busy Spider

Eric Carle

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

4.25

View all the books

10 Best fiction books like Giraffes Can't Dance by Guy Parker-Rees, Giles Andreae

Transform Your Habits

Good Night, Gorilla

Peggy Rathmann

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Anna Dewdney

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Room on the Broom

Julia Donaldson , Axel Scheffler

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Blue Hat, Green Hat (Boynton Board Books)

Sandra Boynton

3.87

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.