An easy-to-read Solo for beginning readers illustrated by Kim Gamble.
Mary the spider lives in the overgrown backyard of an empty house. No one wants to be her friend, so she works hard at making her webs instead. When people move into the house, Mary happily makes lots of special webs just for the new family. She is sure they appreciate them.
One night she sees a strange person going into the house. A burglar! She weaves an extra strong web, and waits . . .