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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100618147993

ISBN-139780618147991

eBay Product ID (ePID)6035293

Product Key Features

Book TitleTarantula Scientist

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Animals / Insects, Spiders, Etc., Careers, Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

TypeTextbook

AuthorSy Montgomery

Book SeriesScientists in the Field Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight22.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width11 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2003-020125

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Montgomery has a gift for scene-setting... She deftly weaves clear explanations and comparisons into the main text... Bishop's phenomenal photos show spiders mating, shedding their skin, even leaping through the air. It's enough to make Miss Muffet fall in love." Kirkus Reviews, Starred "...this is a vivid look at an enthusiastic scientist energetically and happily at work, both in the field and in the lab, questioning, examining, testing, and making connections. A treat, even for arachnophobes." School Library Journal, Starred "Bishop's photographs rise magnificently to the challenge of capturing earth-toned spiders amid earth-toned jungle surroundings, bringing the critters up-close and personal and offering a few of his trademark astonishing stop-action shots... This would liven up a science curriculum no end, and it might also convince young readers to go beyond the elemental pleasures of 'Ew, gross' to the more sophisticated appreciation of 'Wow, cool.'" The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred This beautifully photographed book explains just about everything an elementary school student might want to know about this often misunderstood and maligned creature. The Five Owls, Starred, ...this is a vivid look at an enthusiastic scientist energetically and happily at work, both in the field and in the lab, questioning, examining, testing, and making connections. A treat, even for arachnophobes., Bishop's photographs rise magnificently to the challenge of capturing earth-toned spiders amid earth-toned jungle surroundings, bringing the critters up-close and personal and offering a few of his trademark astonishing stop-action shots... This would liven up a science curriculum no end, and it might also convince young readers to go beyond the elemental pleasures of 'Ew, gross' to the more sophisticated appreciation of 'Wow, cool.'

Grade FromFifth Grade

Photographed byBishop, Nic

Dewey Decimal595.44

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Edition DescriptionTeacher's edition

SynopsisYellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside These amazing attributes don t belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth s biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. Here you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he s never been bitten), as he explores the dense rainforest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You ll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in Americawhere 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.", A 2005 Sibert Honor Book Yellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside! These amazing attributes don't belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth's biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. Here you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rainforest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You'll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America--where 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., Yellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside! These amazing attributes don't belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth's biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. Here you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rainforest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You'll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America--where 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.

LC Classification NumberQL458.42.T5M66 2004