Presents an introduction to tarantulas, in simple text with illustrations, providing information on their physical characteristics, their habitat, and life cycle.
When eleven-year-old Lolo captures a tarantula, it turns an ordinary summer into a series of adventures that take him and his friends beyond their Mexican-American neighborhood in East Los Angeles.
A photographic introduction to tarantula spiders, discussing their physical characteristics, where they live, their senses, defenses, food, babies, and behaviors, and including fast facts and a glossary.
In this book, young readers will learn about the diet, life cycle, behavior and habitat of tarantulas. Special emphasis is placed on the tarantula's burrow.
Hank Zipzer is not at all excited to hear that his mother is going to have a baby, and decides that in order to prepare for being a big brother, he needs a pet spider to help him learn responsibility.
