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The Spider and the Fly, written by Mary Howitt and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, is a 2002 picture book published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. The Spider and the Fly was a Caldecott Medal honor Book for 2003.

Synopsis The genre of the picture book, The Spider and the Fly, is poetry and fantasy. Each written line rhymes with the ending of the previous line or the line after. The rhyming makes it poetry. A spider and a fly can not speak with one another, though in this book they do, as well as wear clothes and they live in a house, making it apart of the fantasy genre. The Spider and the Fly is a book about a starved spider. The spider is in search for food and comes across the fly. The spider begins to try to pry the fly into his parlour. He schemes on ways to trap the fly through compliments and concern towards the fly. This story was made to teach children a lesson in being careful who they trust and speak to. No one wants a child falling into a trap made by someone with cruel intentions.

Critical Reception The Spider and the Fly was published to very strong reviews. The School Library Journal glorifies Tony DiTerlizzi 's artwork in this projects stating "the paintings have a spooky quality perfectly suited to retelling this melancholy tale". Henry Selick, the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach states "The most charming spider you'll ever dine with!". Lane Smith, illustrator of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales said "A gleefully sinister fable that spins its tale like a great old silent film. The kind one might only see in a haunted nickelodeon. I love the beautiful, dramatic, black-and-white illustrations".

Description The Spider and the Fly is a picture book at 11 x 0.4 x 10 inches and 1.3 pounds. It has 40 pages. The illustrations in this tale created by Tony DiTerlizzi were done using Lamp Black and Titanium White Holbein Acryla Gouche and Berol Prismacolor Pencil on Strathmore 5-Ply, Plate Bristol board and reproduced in silver and black duotone. The "ghost" that were illustrated throughout the story were created in graphite and then added as a transparent layer using Adobe Photoshop. Greg Stadnyk is credited being the designer.

Background In 1829, Mary Howitt authored the cautionary tale; The Spider and the Fly. Tony DiTerlizzi,a decorated illustrator, took on the project The Spider and the Fly to pay tribute to the 1829 tale.