# Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten - Hardcover

by **Michelle Knudsen** (Author), **Kevin Hawkes** (Illustrator)

**From the _New York Times_ best-selling creators of _Library Lion_ comes a warm (and delightfully fuzzy) storybook about learning to be--and be loved for--exactly who you are.**

On a street of old houses, a big hairy spider is searching for a home with dark corners to hide in. But when he wakes up, he finds a hand reaching for him and a lady proclaiming that she has always wanted a kitten--and will name him Luigi! At first, a somewhat puzzled Luigi, used to being left alone to creep and dangle and spin webs, resists her kind advances. But soon, tasty breakfasts and getting tucked into bed (no one's ever wished him good night before) have him thinking that kittens surely live magical lives. _I will be a kitten!_ he decides. But how long can he keep up his facade, and what might be at stake in pretending to be someone you're not? The award-winning duo behind _Library Lion_ delivers another classic in the making, marked by humor and depth, endearing characters, and the assurance that the right people will accept and adore us, unconditionally, just as we are.

### Author Biography

**Michelle Knudsen** is the _New York Times_ best-selling author of _Library Lion_, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; _Argus_, illustrated by Andréa Wesson; _Big Mean Mike_, illustrated by Scott Magoon; and _Marilyn's Monster_, illustrated by Matt Phelan, as well as the Trelian middle-grade fantasy trilogy and the Evil Librarian YA horror-comedy trilogy. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is terrified of spiders.

**Kevin Hawkes** is the award-winning illustrator of more than fifty acclaimed picture books, including the _New York Times_ best-selling _Library Lion_ by Michelle Knudsen, _Me, All Alone at the End of the World_ by M. T. Anderson, _The Librarian Who Measured the Earth_ by Kathryn Lasky, and _Sidewalk Circus_ and _Weslandia_ by Paul Fleischman. He is also the acclaimed author-illustrator of both picture books and chapter books. Kevin Hawkes lives in Maine.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.47 x 10.08 x 11.42 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** March 05, 2024

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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