Spider-Man: Spider-Man Saves the Day (Paperback)

by Acton Figueroa (Author) "Being a superhero is different than you might think..." (more)

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Product Description
With great power comes great responsibility.

Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, learns that helping others is his destiny. Doing good deeds has never been so exciting! He swings through the city, flips and kicks into danger, and captures criminals in his web. Spider-Man is making the city safe for everyone -- except the bad guys!

About the Author
Acton Figueroa is the best–selling author of the original Spider–Man Festival Readers.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (March 19, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694016454
• ISBN-13: 978-0694016457
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Easy Reader for Spiderman fans, August 14, 2002

By	J. Wirt - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a good easy reader for young Spiderman fans. It is the first Spiderman book I have found age appropriate for my four year old super hero fanatic. He loves it!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incentive for Early Readers Who are Spider-man Fans, July 27, 2003

By	virginiaamazonmom - See all my reviews

My son, who just turned six years old, loves to read this book himself because he can't wait to find out what Spider-man does next! Even the bigger words -- "superpowers," "responsibility," "dangerous" -- are easy for him to read in the context of his familiarity wth Spider-man. I'm going to buy "I Am Spiderman" by the same author and maybe one the Figueroa "Hulk" books too.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in a story for kids, March 1, 2004

By	Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

The cover of "Spider-Man Saves the Day" informs us that it is based on the new moive (the old 2002 "Spider-Man" movie and not the new 2004 "Spider-Man" movie) and on the title page we learn that the book is based on the screenplay by David Koepp and adapted by Acton Figueroa. However, I have to say that only thing specific to either "Spider-Man" movie in this Festival Readers volume intended for young readers ages 4-7 is the reference to Uncle Ben's declaration "With great power comes great responsibility." But you do not see any of the other characters from the film, or the comic book, for that matter; the damsel in distress in the alley has blonde hair so she cannot be Mary Jane even though she is described as someone Spider-Man knows.

In "Spider-Man Saves the Day" our hero swings around the city doing a series of good deeds and making the city safe for everyone (except the bad guys). The art is by Ron Lim and I have to say that having the red parts of Spider-Man's outfit lined with metal bands looks really odd (especially because it does not continue to the blue part of the costume). However, young readers will get a sense for what Spider-Man does and why he does it, as well as one of the key elements of the character's mythos, which is that not everybody things he is a hero despite all the good deeds that he does.