A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year: A тАЬfascinatingтАЭ photo-filled book on these amazing arachnids! (Booklist)
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Yellow blood? Skeletons on the outside? These attributes donтАЩt belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to EarthтАЩs biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. In this book you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (heтАЩs never been bitten), as he explores the dense rain forest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. YouтАЩll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in AmericaтАФwhere close to five hundred live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them.
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тАЬSuperb color photos abound in this spectacular series additionтАжThis is a vivid look at an enthusiastic scientist energetically and happily at workтАжA treat, even for arachnophobes.тАЭтАФSchool Library Journal (starred review)
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A Sibert Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A John Burroughs Nature Book for Young Readers
A Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice
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