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A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year: A "fascinating" photo-filled book on these amazing arachnids! ( Booklist)
Yellow blood? Skeletons on the outside? These attributes don't belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth's biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. In this book you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rain forest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You'll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America—where close to five hundred live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them.
"Superb color photos abound in this spectacular series addition...This is a vivid look at an enthusiastic scientist energetically and happily at work...A treat, even for arachnophobes."— School Library Journal (starred review)
A Sibert Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A John Burroughs Nature Book for Young Readers
A Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice
Yellow blood? Skeletons on the outside? These attributes don't belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth's biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. In this book you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rain forest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You'll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America—where close to five hundred live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them.
"Superb color photos abound in this spectacular series addition...This is a vivid look at an enthusiastic scientist energetically and happily at work...A treat, even for arachnophobes."— School Library Journal (starred review)
A Sibert Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A John Burroughs Nature Book for Young Readers
A Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year: A "fascinating" photo-filled book on these amazing arachnids! ( Booklist)
Yellow blood? Skeletons on the outside? These attributes don't belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth's biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. ...
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12 reviews
Karl Lee
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December 25, 2013
A truly insightful read for anyone with even the faintest interest in tarantulas, packed full of facts and scientific knowledge but presented in a way that makes it instantly approachable and enjoyable. I only wish it were longer.
Darius Colds
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November 4, 2014
The only reason i might get this book is because i have a report to do on it cause my teacher reads this book in class like dam
Natoya Scarlett
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October 28, 2016
I only like it because I need it for homework
About the author
Sy Montgomery is an author, naturalist, newspaper columnist, scriptwriter, and radio commentator who writes award-winning books for children as well as adults. She lives in Hancock, New Hampshire. Visit her website at symontgomery.com.Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop won the Sibert Medal in 2011 for their collaborative work on Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot, another Scientist in the Field title.
Sy Montgomery is an author, naturalist, newspaper columnist, scriptwriter, and radio commentator who writes award-winning books for children as well as adults. She lives in Hancock, New Hampshire. Visit her website at symontgomery.com.Sy Montgomery and photographer Nic Bishop won the Sibert Medal...
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