Spider

Along with remarkable photographs, this appealing volume provides a wealth of fascinating information about spiders (“found everywhere on Earth except Antarctica”), such as their anatomy, how they spin their webs, and their life cycles. Mostly capturing arachnids from extremely close up, each spread contains two striking images: one full-page, and one smaller, framed inside a magnifying glass. Photos include a young spiderling emerging from its egg sac and a golden orb-weaver shedding its exoskeleton. The clear, accessible text presents commonly known facts (“Many spiders use their silk to make webs”) as well as lesser-known ones (“the largest spiders can eat birds, mice, or frogs!”). Back matter consists of a summary of the spider’s life cycle, a glossary, links to Web sites, suggestions for further reading, and an index.