Comments for What the spiders saw...

Comment on Where is the librarian? by Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:14:51 +0000

We found out that the librarian went to Puerto Rico! She was hoping to see the Puertorican tarantulas, but didn’t get to see any. We heard her tell others that her best time was when she went to the recently-opened public library in the island of Culebra. She was impressed and hopes to retire and work there some day.

Comment on A spider like Shirley by mayralovesbooks

mayralovesbooks — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:54:30 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Eric. It reminds us that we need to correct the initial information on the blog, since now we are three spiders writing what we see.

The three of us eat live crickets of different sizes. Shirley, the baby in the library, eats pin-sized crickets while Sophie and I (Krista) eat middle-sized crickets. Even the librarian eats crickets! Just recently, a friendly teacher brought her a cricket covered in chocolate which she ate in front of amazed second-graders. We eat about a cricket a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.

And regarding your last question: Never! We haven’t ever bit another human! Humans in the library treat us well and love us, we would never hurt them. Plus, tarantulas don’t bite people - that’s just Hollywood fiction.

Comment on A spider like Shirley by Eric Wolf

Eric Wolf — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:05:35 +0000

I was looking over the web - and i found your site.
I love the idea of you two spiders writing about what you see.
What do you eat?
How often do you feed?
Do you ever bite people?

Peace
Eric Wolf

Comment on A folktale from Panamá by Eric Wolf

Eric Wolf — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:55:56 +0000

I interviewed Margaret Read Macdonald for an hour on my podcast the Art of Storytelling with Children. She spoke about working as an English speaking storyteller in countries where she had to use a translator to tell stories. She also spoke about her work collecting stories over seas and how she goes about getting permission to use stories like the book you discussed.

Here is the link to her interview if you want to take a listen.
http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/?p=74

Eric Wolf

Comment on About a dog, the moon, the internet, Buzz Aldrin, and a monkey in a space suit by vdbent

vdbent — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:58:12 +0000

As a librarian, I love the fact that you are doing more than a cursory job of involving the students in reading the books. This could lead into other curricular areas such as science, etc.

Vicki
http://vdbent.wordpress.com

Comment on Library spider or library lion, which one will it be? by Eileen Hesseling

Eileen Hesseling — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:42:31 +0000

Krista,

Did you notice how each group of students responded differently to this same story? You are very fortunate to live in the library and hear so many stories every week. I can’t wait to hear what Miss Mayra will read on Monday and Tuesday.

Your friend,

Eileen, the Library Mouse

Comment on Spiderlings or Spiderlinks, which one will it be? by mayralovesbooks

mayralovesbooks — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:20:50 +0000

I can try…

Comment on Spiderlings or Spiderlinks, which one will it be? by David Skonecki

David Skonecki — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:21:50 +0000

Eurekster looks very interesting. Would you be willing to give a demonstration?

Comment on Spiderlinks by lauraklein

lauraklein — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:36:16 +0000

Hi Mayra,

I really like all the spiders.
Check out this link of tarantulas.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=tarantula&m=tags

Laura

Comment on About a dog, the moon, the internet, Buzz Aldrin, and a monkey in a space suit by Amilcar

Amilcar — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:57:01 +0000

Interesting blog post, though I think the title is a little misleading. Nevertheless, the incidents described do provide food for thought.