Sophie’s Masterpiece: A Spider’s Tale by Eileen Spinelli

 Sophie the spider goes out into the world to do something great, to create a masterpiece. She settles herself in this boarding house and attempts to help out the people who live there, but none of them accept her gifts and scream at the sight of her. Sophie eventually finds a new mother who doesn't scream at the sight of her, but welcomes her. The mother is poor though and Sophie sees an old blanket covering the mother's baby. Sophie decides to make a new blanket for the baby, her masterpiece.

The pictures are beautiful and the story touching. A great addition to the bookshelf.

Brian Froud’s Goblins by Ari Berk

This is a fun book. It kind of reminds me of the Spiderwick Chronicles a bit in that it's a collection of goblin data, not so much from a mythological perspective, but from a fantastical perspective. Unlike other works by Froud, the goblins have play a more vocal role. It brings a sense of fun to the book... but at the same time it looses a bit of what the previous books like faeries or the cottington series had. It's more jeuvenile than mythological, but the message gets across and it keeps it fun.
 
It wasn't as good as the other stuff, but was still pretty great.