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Spiders: Worldwide Webs: Science Comics


Series
Science Comics

by
Tait Howard

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Macmillan
Imprint
First Second
ISBN
9781250222848
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"Surf the web" with Science Comics: Spiders, the latest volume in First Second’s action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers!

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!

In this volume, a sister and brother agree to help a talking spider find her missing child, but they don’t realize that it will take them on a journey across the globe! Along the way they’ll meet spiders who live in every environment imaginable, from their own backyard to the Australian Outback. Although they seem scary at first, once you learn why spiders have gotten such a bad reputation you’ll see that spiders are actually here to help!Introduction. Glossary. Full-color illustrations penciled, inked, and colored digitally. 

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Details

Format

Print

Page Count

128

Trim Size

8 1/2" x 6"

Dewey

595.4

AR

5.6: points 3

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Sep 2021

Book Genres

Narrative Nonfiction, Graphic Novels

Topics

Spiders. Arthropods. Insects. Animal behavior and characteristics. Entomology. Science and nature. 

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Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Gr 5-8-Introduced by an arachnologist who claims that "in most habitats, you are always within three feet of a spider," this overview spins out a dizzying array of spider species in brightly colored close-up portraits to go with thorough examinations of the pervasive clan's habits, life cycles, and anatomy. In the frame story Tepi, an American house spider clad in a lab coat, shrinks Charlotte, who is white, and her little brother Peter, who is brown-skinned, down with a shrink ray and leads the wide-eyed duo into a worldwide series of (mostly) friendly encounters with arachnids ranging from an ant-sized Gamasomorpha to the aptly named Goliath birdeater. All the while, Tepi expounds on everything from spider taxonomy and hunting strategies to types of webs, the chemical compositions of various types of silks, and the significant place spiders occupy in the larger ecological picture. Displaying a gift for fitting a lot of text into cartoon panels without making them look crowded, Howard illustrates the tour with a mix of comical reaction shots to go with the aforementioned plethora of specimens seen either in natural settings or full-spread galleries. Readers will learn about a host of spiders, from chelicerae to cribellum, and will come away understanding that they are (mostly) less dangerous than commonly supposed and more wonderful. VERDICT An artful blend of general facts and myth-busting; ideal for collections seeking to bolster STEM collections and convince readers to give spiders a chance.-John Peters

Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Gr 5-8-Introduced by an arachnologist who claims that "in most habitats, you are always within three feet of a spider," this overview spins out a dizzying array of spider species in brightly colored close-up portraits to go with thorough examinations of the pervasive clan's habits, life cycles, and anatomy. In the frame story Tepi, an American house spider clad in a lab coat, shrinks Charlotte, who is white, and her little brother Peter, who is brown-skinned, down with a shrink ray and leads the wide-eyed duo into a worldwide series of (mostly) friendly encounters with arachnids ranging from an ant-sized Gamasomorpha to the aptly named Goliath birdeater. All the while, Tepi expounds on everything from spider taxonomy and hunting strategies to types of webs, the chemical compositions of various types of silks, and the significant place spiders occupy in the larger ecological picture. Displaying a gift for fitting a lot of text into cartoon panels without making them look crowded, Howard illustrates the tour with a mix of comical reaction shots to go with the aforementioned plethora of specimens seen either in natural settings or full-spread galleries. Readers will learn about a host of spiders, from chelicerae to cribellum, and will come away understanding that they are (mostly) less dangerous than commonly supposed and more wonderful. VERDICT An artful blend of general facts and myth-busting; ideal for collections seeking to bolster STEM collections and convince readers to give spiders a chance.-John Peters

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