Spid the Spider Challenges for the Cricket Cup

Spid the Spider Challenges for the Cricket Cup is a fast-paced, funny children’s sports story celebrating teamwork, resilience and honesty. Packed with humour, tension and heart, it’s perfect for young readers who love sport, friendship and exciting competitions.

As Spring blossoms in Spider Webdon, Spid has a brilliant idea — to enter a team in the 5-A-Side Cricket Cup.

Though, there’s just one small problem.

He barely has enough players.

And when his newly formed team finally takes to the field, they come up against the powerful Spidwell Spinners — a team determined to win at any cost. With dodgy tactics, sneaky tricks and mounting pressure, Spid and his friends find themselves on the back foot.

Can they fight back the right way?
Can fair play beat foul play?
And what really matters more — winning, or playing with integrity?

Why Parents, Teachers & Young Sports Fans Love It

• Encourages teamwork and cooperation
• Promotes honesty and good sportsmanship
• Teaches resilience and a growth mindset
• Ideal introduction to cricket and team sports for 5-10-year-olds
• Includes map of fielding positions to help learn the game

Includes two original songs with QR codes linking to animated musical short films: “Cricket, Cricket, Cricket” and “Cricket Cup”.  These bring the story to life and also support children’s literacy and comprehension though music, rhythm and rhyme.

About the Series

Spid the Spider is a laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure series for children aged 5–10, blending humour, heart and real-world life lessons.

Through exciting adventures, seasonal celebrations and relatable mishaps, Spid shows young readers that effort leads to progress, mistakes are part of learning, and challenges help us grow in confidence — bringing growth mindset to life in a natural, story-led way.

Written to be enjoyed both independently and read aloud, the books engage early readers with fun dialogue, expressive storytelling and layered humour. This means that children love revisiting the stories again and again.

Spid the Spider Challenges for the Cricket Cup is supported by free parent and teacher resources. These include a fair play discussion guide, how to play kwik cricket, an honest umpire challenge and cricket fielding positions game. Thus making the series ideal for classroom, home learning and family story time.

SPID THE SPIDER CHALLENGES FOR THE CRICKET CUP IS OUT NOW!

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