Spid the Spider Meets Count Spidula learning benefits:
• Encourages teamwork, resilience and bravery
• Teaches empathy and understanding
• Helps children explore first impressions, prejudice and kindness
This is a spooky adventure about kindness, courage and discovering that people aren’t always what they seem.
In the story, Spid wants to take Bid on a spidtastic holiday to Transylspidia — home of the mysterious Count Spidula and his creepy mountain-top castle. But Bid is far from convinced. After all, Count Spidula is said to be a vampire with very pointy teeth! So the only way she’ll agree to go is if Herman, Rid, Stid and Cleverley Evaleigh come too.
Soon the gang find themselves asking frightening questions:
- Why is the pumpkin soup bright red?
- What are the howls in the night?
- Why is the pumpkin soup bright red?
- Why does Count Spidula lock the dining room door?
- And is there safety in numbers… or is their number up?
As the shadows deepen and panic rises, Spid and his friends must work together to escape the castle. But during their adventure they uncover an unexpected truth — that people and things are not always what they first seem. Also that kindness and understanding can turn fear into friendship.
How does this help fuel a ‘growth mindset’?
The story helps children develop a growth mindset by showing that people can learn, grow, overcome fears and also change their opinions through experience, understanding and perseverance.
Key growth mindset messages
- Mistakes help us learn
- Courage grows through experience
- Kindness builds confidence and friendships
- Challenges help us become stronger
- Understanding others helps us grow emotionally
- People are not always what they first seem
- We can change our thinking when we learn new information.
Find the book in Spid’s children’s bookshop.
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