num_pages: 40
description: A spider on a quest to drop the Bitzy and become just Itzy runs up against some challengesand a few familiar nursery-rhyme characters.Itzy the spider is tired of being called Itzy Bitzy. On his first day of spindergarten Itzy decides to prove to everyone that hes a big spider by catching his own lunch. But spinning a web is hard work and every time Itzy gets close to catching a fly something gets in the waywhether its a girl sitting on a tuffet an old lady swallowing everything in sight or a dangerous waterspout. Will Itzy ever get a chance to prove himself and shake his pesky nickname? Illustrated in bold vignettes by Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli Itzys amusing adventures are a clever balm for the frustrations of preschoolers fed up with being too little.
language: English
title: Just Itzy
publisher: Candlewick Press