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Spid The Spider Plans A Birthday Surprise
Author: John Eaton
Spid the Spider is back with a Spid-tacular new birthday book! Spid wakes up to realize Bid’s birthday is coming soon and he needs to find her a gift. He has no idea what to get her, so he starts asking his friends. One by one they offer up interesting ideas but Spid eventually decides to write her a song and get her a bike. 😁 One friend offers him an old bike and Spid restores it beautifully. Once restored Spid leaves it at another friend’s house because he has more space to store it until Bid’s birthday. On that evening someone was walking by and decided to steal the bike. On Bid’s birthday Spid is devastated to hear the news. After all that, he won’t be able to give Bid her bike. ☹️ During the party the doorbell rings and it’s Nutty, standing beside the bike. He feels embarrassed and guilty for taking the bike, apologizes and wants to make it right. Bid sees it and instantly LOVES her new bike! Bid accepts Nutty’s apology and helps Spid find the heart to forgive Nutty for his mistake. Everything is forgiven and they all celebrate Bid’s birthday together!! We had a blast reading this. I love the QR code that links to Spid’s song. When it first came up (about half way through the story) I scanned it with my phone and played it on the speaker. The kids immediately had a dance party 🤣 after the song they all eventually calmed down and we continued the story. At the end of the story a QR code comes up again with another song. Of course that turned into another dance party 🤣 it was actually pretty hilarious!! Again we really had a fabulous time reading this book and I especially love the message about stealing, how it effects others, and forgiving those who try to make things right. We had a discussion about that after which was really great 😊 Definitely check this book out!!