The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Facklam, Margery

Spiders and Their Web Sites

32 pp. | Little | April, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-316-27329-5 $$15.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Alan Male. This book introduces readers to a dozen familiar and less well-known spiders, and one impostor (daddy longlegs). The larger-than-life color illustrations provide details down to the leg hairs. The sophisticated text presents facts effortlessly while remaining appealing throughout. Each profile builds in new details about spider ecology. The combined effect is a complete presentation of the characteristics that define the arachnid class. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2001