Spiders by Nic Bishop

Spiders is an interesting nonfiction book by Nic Bishop that details interesting facts about these interesting and diverse creatures.  The book is written perfectly for beginning readers to understand.  This is a book that can easily be found in the reference section of any libraries because it is great for students to use when they are researching information about spiders.   A few interesting facts that I found out regarding spider are that tarantulas love to lurk on the rain forest floors.  I found that interesting because I have seen my share of tarantulas lurking around dry desert like conditions in my town.  One thing that I was surprised to find out is that most spiders are meat eaters. Even though it should not come as a surprise because I see how they lure their prey. I just had trouble associating their prey to meat.  Another interesting fact is that spiders do have a "spidey sense" in that they can sense when their predator is near them.  For anyone that grew up watching the live-action Spiderman TV series, you will remember that Peter Parker had a sense when trouble was near.  This is a great book with close-up pictures of  that help illustrate to the reader the different types of spiders that exist in our world.

A book trailer can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj6OeYmxAZA 

Teachers can find ways to incorporate this book in their classrooms at  https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=10287

Readers also liked Actual Size by Steve Jenkins and Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley

Additional books written by Nic Bishop include Snakes and  Frogs.

Bishop, N. (2007). Spiders. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.