""In Spider Silk, Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig offer a history of this marvelous stuff that readers will find surprisingly compelling---not only for the astonishing complexity of spider silk itself but also for the many uses for it that spiders have created over the ages. It is, in other words, the epitome of evolutionary innovation."---Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex and The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution" ""This wonderful...

Wilbur the pig is desolate when he discovers he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner, until his spider friend Charlotte comes up with a plan to save him.

"This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 ferocious insects. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling animals before finally discovering the winner!" -- Amazon.com. It's a bracketed showdown among sixteen bugs and insects! Which critter will win the Ultimate Bug Rumble?

Contains over 200 illustrations of spiders and scorpions, from spider evolution to the ways in which spiders defend themselves against their enemies.

An extensive use of color photographs makes this a fine guide for identifying insects. Spiders, bugs, moths, butterflies, beetles, bees, flies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and many other insects are detailed in more than 700 full-color photographs visually arranged by shape and color. Descriptive text includes measurements, diagnostic details, and information on habitat, range, feeding habits, sounds or songs, flight period, web construction, life...

Identifies "more than 940 species ... More than 2,000 close-up color photographs ... reveal the field marks that distinguish each creature, and the ... text that accompanies each image describes the range, habitat, life cycle, and behavior ... [Includes] information on starting a collection, planting an arthropod garden, keeping insects and spiders in captivity, and learning the techniques of macro photography."--Publisher description. Also includes...