Spider Sparrow

About this book

Spider Sparrow has always been different from other children. He cant walk like them he cant talk like them he cant learn like them. But Spider has a very special gift: He can perfectly imitate the sounds of animals drawing them to him soothing them. Spider amazes himself when he uses his gift to hand-feed a fox. He amazes others when he uses it to save a life. And while Spiders world is sometimes difficult he lives each day with enthusiasm joy and courage. With rich evocative detail beloved childrens book author Dick King-Smith depicts an English farming community before and during World War II and celebrates the mark one special boy makes on its inhabitants.