Book excerpt: Find out what happens next to the poor, wet spider and all of his insect friends in this classic nursery rhyme retold for today's kids. "The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout" And so begins the new and expanded version of the 100-year-old classic nursery rhyme. The Itsy Bitsy Spider: Classic Nursery Rhymes Retold is a silly, fun, must-read-aloud book in which young children will find out what happens next to the poor, wet spider who tried and tried again to climb up the water spout. This time he has all of his insect friends with him! Follow along as caterpillars play leap frog in the trees, ladybugs play hide-and-seek, a beetle builds a swimming pool for his ant friends, and busy bees jump rope with a worm. There are giggles a-plenty as each turn of the page offers new surprises and super-silly situations. Share this re-imagining of the classic nursery rhyme with your children and make memories to last a lifetime.