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It Fell from the Sky Kindle Edition
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It fell from the sky on a Thursday.
None of the insects know where it came from, or what it is. Some say it’s an egg. Others, a gumdrop. But whatever it is, it fell near Spider’s house, so he’s convinced it belongs to him.
Spider builds a wondrous display so that insects from far and wide can come look at the marvel. Spider has their best interests at heart. So what if he has to charge a small fee? So what if the lines are long? So what if no one can even see the wonder anymore?
But what will Spider do after everyone stops showing up?
- Reading age4 - 8 years
- Print length56 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication dateSept. 28 2021
- ISBN-13978-1982186098
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Review
— School Library Journal(Starred Review) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
About the Author
Eric Fan is an artist and writer who lives in Toronto, Canada. Born in Hawaii and raised in Toronto, he attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, where he studied illustration, sculpture, and film. He has a passion for vintage bikes, clockwork contraptions, and impossible dreams. Eric is the cocreator of The Night Gardener, It Fell from the Sky, and Lizzy and the Cloud. Visit him online TheFanBrothers.com. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Product details
- ASIN : B08W5FJS1K
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster (Sept. 28 2021)
- Language : English
- File size : 10289 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Not enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Not Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : Not Enabled
- Print length : 56 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #370,498 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #85 in Children's Bug & Spider Books
- #263 in Children's Values Books
- #951 in Children's Books on Bugs & Spiders
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

Terry Fan is a picture book author and illustrator. One part of a creative team - with his brother Eric - known collectively as The Fan Brothers. Their widely praised debut picture book The Night Gardener received starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus, and was Amazon's 2016 Best Book of the Year, ages 6-8.
Together they also illustrated The Darkest Dark (Publisher's Weekly starred review), written by Chris Hadfield and Kate Fillion, and The Antlered Ship (Publisher's Weekly & Kirkus starred reviews), written by Dashka Slater. The Antlered Ship was also Amazon's 2017 Best Book of the Year, ages 6-8. Their next book together, Ocean Meets Sky, publishes on May 15th, 2018 and is available for preorder. Ocean Meets Sky has already received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist and SLJ.
Terry received his formal art training at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. Before he could even talk, he was doodling airplanes on the walls. As a grown-up, he spends his days (and nights) creating magical paintings, portraits and prints. Born in Illinois, he now lives in Toronto, near the shores of Lake Ontario, which he likes to imagine is the sea.
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The story is simple. A colorful marble falls to the ground, eliciting huge excitement and speculation amongst the tiny creatures who live there. What is it? Where did it come from? As they all try to lay claim to this rare treasure, spider comes along and takes it for his own, seeing an opportunity to capitalize on the situation. However, when his initially successful venture backfires, spider is left with nothing and nobody, and it’s only when he acknowledges his mistakes and tries to make amends that the story reaches a happy conclusion for all.
The story is wonderful, but what really makes this book stand out are the illustrations, which combine grey scale with splashes of color to highlight the subliminal message of the importance of sharing and working together.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough, and I shall be looking out for more from the talented Fan Brothers.
Thanks for reading my review. I hope you found it helpful. Check out my Amazon profile page for more reviews of children’s books and puzzles and educational toys and games.


Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 19, 2022
The story is simple. A colorful marble falls to the ground, eliciting huge excitement and speculation amongst the tiny creatures who live there. What is it? Where did it come from? As they all try to lay claim to this rare treasure, spider comes along and takes it for his own, seeing an opportunity to capitalize on the situation. However, when his initially successful venture backfires, spider is left with nothing and nobody, and it’s only when he acknowledges his mistakes and tries to make amends that the story reaches a happy conclusion for all.
The story is wonderful, but what really makes this book stand out are the illustrations, which combine grey scale with splashes of color to highlight the subliminal message of the importance of sharing and working together.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough, and I shall be looking out for more from the talented Fan Brothers.
Thanks for reading my review. I hope you found it helpful. Check out my Amazon profile page for more reviews of children’s books and puzzles and educational toys and games.










A beautiful object (glass marble) falls from the sky and lands in a garden, none of the insects know what it is but all agree it is a wonder. Then a spider decides to exploit their interest by declaring the object his and making a profit from the other garden creatures.
On a first read through this slightly came off as capitalism is great and as long as you make a profit it doesn't matter if everyone else is miserable - which is not really a value I want to teach my children. A more careful second read through reveals that spider does learn it's better to share and for everyone to be happy but I found that a slightly more subtle message than when the spider is building his exhibit to begin with. We noted that on the final double page spread which is full colour the spider seems to be missing. So there is quite a lot for you to see and talk about in the story.
My son who loves drawing and insects found the pictures fascinating.
Overall - a lovely book that makes you think about what's important
