Tarantulas eBook

by Kristin Petrie

Overview

Take your readers beyond the world of dogs and cats with Unique Pets! In this title, they will discover the tarantula's hair-flicking defense, silk-spinning abilities, and often gentle nature. Easy-to-read text introduces the behaviors, size, appearance, natural habitat, diet, reproduction, development, and care and keeping of this prized arachnid. Large, full-color photos show off the varied colors of these delicate spiders. Your readers are unique individuals. Shouldn't their pets be, too? Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614800804
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Series:	Unique Pets eBook
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	790L (what's this?)
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 3�5—This high-interest set presents well-organized information about unusual subjects in both their natural environments and as household pets. Habitats, defenses, descriptions, diets, life cycles, and care are clearly described in straightforward text enlivened by interjections ("Yikes!" and "Gross!") and chatty sentences ("What animals look like small dragons, live in the treetops, and love to swim?"). Readers are encouraged to buy from responsible breeders and to prepare for ownership by checking on the animal's local legality as well as by finding an expert vet. Color photos are informative, if often small, and compared to similar sets the layout in general is bland, with few sidebars and no diagrams or punchy graphics. The publisher's web address included in the back of each book links readers to informative, kid-friendly sites.

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