Spiders

Bishop, N. (2007).  Spiders. NY: Scholastic.

Author and photographer, Nic Bishop, has created an amazing book amazing informational book about spiders.  Readers will enjoy reading from cover to cover or reading the highlighted text.  Bishop teaches his readers about some unusual spiders such as a Goliath bird eating tarantula and a huntsman spider.  The photographs are as educational and as fun as the text!

Nic Bishop, author and photographer, of Spiders, has created a fascinating book about many different kinds of spiders and their amazing skills.  Bishop traveled to the rain forests of French Guiana and Costa Rica to find spiders.  Also, to insure accuracy, he has kept spiders at his house so he could watch egg laying and molting.  Because Bishop is willing to travel and take great lengths to photograph his subjects, the readers can be assured that the information is accurate. 

Lesson Plans:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/interview-with-the-spider.shtml