Sophie's Masterpiece: Sophie's Masterpiece

Sophie's no ordinary house spider. She's an artist; and every web she spins is more wondrous than the one before. But don't mention that to the guests at Beekman's Boardinghouse, because they don't like spiders. No one there wants anything to do with Sophie or her magnificent creations -- no one except the woman on the third floor. She's a new mother weaving something herself; and when she runs out of yarn, Sophie knows the time has finally come to create the masterpiece of a lifetime.
Eileen Spinelli and Jane Dyer, the award-winning duo who created the best-selling When Mama Comes Home Tonight, team up once again to tell the charming and bittersweet tale of an exceptionally gifted spider and the lengths she's willing to go to share her gifts with those around her

Author: Eileen Spinelli
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/01/2001
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.88h x 11.30w x 0.32d
ISBN: 9780689801129
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 49751 / Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale


Award: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2001 pg. 422
Booklist 04/15/2001 pg. 1551
Publishers Weekly 05/14/2001 pg. 81
School Library Journal 05/01/2001 pg. 135
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2001 pg. 444
Ingram Children's Advance 05/01/2001 pg. 48
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 276 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2002 pg. 769
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 276 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Eileen Spinelli has written many books for children. Her 1991 debut Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch was?a Christopher Award winner, and she has gone on to author numerous picture books, poetry collections, and chapter books, including the bestselling?When Mama Comes Home Tonight, ?and the critically acclaimed?Sophie's Masterpiece.?Eileen lives in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

Jane Dyer is the illustrator of many books for children, including When Mama Comes Home Tonight, Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli, Roly Poly by Mem Fox, and the New York Times bestselling Cookies series by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.