The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Pringle, Laurence

Spiders!: Strange and Wonderful

32 pp. | Boyds | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62979-321-4 $17.95

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Meryl Henderson. The prolific Strange and Wonderful team here introduce another ubiquitous and misunderstood creature. Sizes, colors, body and head shapes, and eye configurations help differentiate them, but all spiders have eight legs, produce web silk, and have venom to catch prey. Species of spiders are described in Pringle's lucid text and realistically depicted in Henderson's well-labeled, finely detailed art. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo