Bill Nye explores the habits and behavior of spiders and examines the unique anatomy of these arthropods. The science guy explains how these eight-legged predators spin silk webs to capture their food. Discusses why spiders preying on insects is essential to balancing the ecosystem. Identifies several spiders from crab spiders to tarantulas and visits a forest habitat to reveal the wide variety of spiders living in the vegetation.
year: 1981, 2012, 1988, 2011, 1996, 1968, 1986, 1955, 2007, 1999, 1993
call number/section: 595.4, 595.44, 1000, 595
subjects: spiders, juvenile literature, spider webs
Editions
Dallinger, Jane
Lerner Publications Co. (1981)
Text and photographs describe how a variety of spiders produce silk and use it for making webs, trapping insects for food, and for other purposes.
Schools: 5
Bishop, Nic
Scholastic (2012)
Schools: 0
Animals in Action
Rochester, NY (1988)
Schools: 0
New York, NY (2011)
Schools: 0
Resnick, Jane Parker
Kidsbooks, Inc. (1996)
Schools: 0
Levi, Herbert Walter
Golden Press (1968)
Schools: 0
Jane P. Resnick
Kidsbooks (1996)
Schools: 0
Levi, Herbert Walter
(1968)
Schools: 0
Ivy, Bill
Grolier Educational Corp (1986)
Schools: 0
Hogner, Dorothy Childs
Crowell (1955)
Explains what a spider is, where and how it lives, what it eats, how it spins its web, and other living habits.
Schools: 0
Resnick, Jane P
Kidsbooks, Inc. (1996)
This book introduces spiders, including their physical characteristics and their habitats.
Schools: 0
Bishop, Nic
Scholastic (2007)
Schools: 0
Murray, Peter
Schools: 0
Resnick, Jane
Kidsbooks (1996)
Schools: 0
Barrett, Norman
Franklin Watts (1988)
Schools: 0
Resnick, Jane P
Kidsbooks, Inc. (1996)
Schools: 0
Bishop, Nic
Scholastic (2007)
Schools: 0
Resnick, Jane
Kidsbooks (1999)
Vol. 9.
Schools: 0
Schools: 0
Jane P. Resnick
Schools: 0
Gail Gibbons
Holiday House (1993)
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and different kinds of spiders. subjects: Animals, Spiders, Halloween, creep crawlies.
Schools: 0
Nye, Bill
Bill Nye explores the habits and behavior of spiders and examines the unique anatomy of these arthropods. The science guy explains how these eight-legged predators spin silk webs to capture their food. Discusses why spiders preying on insects is essential to balancing the ecosystem. Identifies several spiders from crab spiders to tarantulas and visits a forest habitat to reveal the wide variety of spiders living in the vegetation.
Schools: 0
Animals in Action
Rochester, NY (1988)
Schools: 0
New York, NY (2011)
Schools: 1
Bishop, Nic
Scholastic (2012)
Schools: 1
Ivy, Bill
Grolier Educational Corp (1986)
Schools: 0
Hogner, Dorothy Childs
Crowell (1955)
Explains what a spider is, where and how it lives, what it eats, how it spins its web, and other living habits.
Schools: 0
Levi, Herbert Walter
(1968)
Schools: 0
Resnick, Jane P
Kidsbooks, Inc. (1996)
This book introduces spiders, including their physical characteristics and their habitats.
Schools: 1
Levi, Herbert Walter
Schools: 0
Jane P. Resnick
Schools: 0
Resnick, Jane
Kidsbooks (1999)
Vol. 9.
Schools: 1
Nye, Bill
Bill Nye explores the habits and behavior of spiders and examines the unique anatomy of these arthropods. The science guy explains how these eight-legged predators spin silk webs to capture their food. Discusses why spiders preying on insects is essential to balancing the ecosystem. Identifies several spiders from crab spiders to tarantulas and visits a forest habitat to reveal the wide variety of spiders living in the vegetation.
Schools: 1