Aaaaaaaaa, Laba-Laba! (Aaaarrgghh, Spider!)

by Lydia Monks
published by Penerbit Erlangga
ISBN: 9789790758049
*Indonesian edition

Apakah ada sarang laba-laba di rumahmu?
Apakah kamu pernah bertemu dengan pemiliknya?
Kira-kira jika ia bisa berbicara, apa yang akan hewan berkaki 8 itu katakan padamu?
Mungkin saja seperti temannya di buku ini.

Seekor laba-laba tak habis pikir mengapa penghuni rumah yang ia tempati, sangat takut kepadanya. Padahal ia ingin tinggal bersama mereka, ia bahkan ingin menjadi peliharaan mereka.

Si laba-laba sangatlah mandiri, mulai dari membangun sarang hingga mencari makan, semua dapat ia lakukan sendiri. Ia pun tak buang kotoran layaknya hewan peliharaan milik para penghuni rumah tersebut. Tapi lagi-lagi penghuni rumah itu berteriak setiap melihat dirinya, merusak sarangnya, dan melemparnya ke halaman.

Mama sering terheran-heran bagaimana seorang penulis buku anak menemukan ide cerita, sesuatu yang sederhana dapat disulap menjadi cerita yang lucu dan unik. Seperti buku ini, Sabio dan mama sama sekali ga pernah kepikiran deh memelihara laba-laba rumahan yang kecil dan rapuh itu.

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Is there a cobweb in your house?

Have you ever met the owner?

If he could talk, what would the 8-legged animal tell you?

Maybe he would ask the same thing as his friend in this book.

A spider couldn't understand why the occupants of the house he lived were so afraid of him. Even though he wanted to live with them, to be their pet.

The spider was very independent, from building a nest to finding food, all he could do himself. He was cleaner than the other pets belonging to the occupants of the house. But again that family screamed every time they saw him, broke his nest, and threw him into the yard.

Mom often wonders how a children's author find a story idea, something simple can be transformed into a funny and unique story, just like this book. Sabio and Mom never thought about having a small & fragile house spider as a pet.