Member Reviews
Another nonfiction book about big spiders. Yes, please! This is a short, excellent book, perfect for schools and budding biologists. There are tons of facts and lots of gorgeous pictures. Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this
One of six books so far in this series of quickly-read arachnid guides, I think this is fine, but certainly goes down as "one to buy when the school library suddenly gets a bottomless budget and limitless space". You certainly have to want to generate an interest in the critters, and that is not going to be easy with a dinner-plate sized, hairy, venomous, jumping spider. Who cares if it can shoot hairs as protection, and can grow its own legs back – it's a spider! As the pictures here gloriously prove...
Four stars, as it has no end of qualities, but in all realism this is very, very niche.
I thought that this book was excellent!
It is only a short book but it has a lot of facts that are fun, and interesting.
The images used are great too and even though I, myself, am not a spider fan, I wasn't put off by them.
This is one of a number of books on different spider species by this author and I would definitely pick up another.
It was well laid out, clear text and quite a lot of content too.
It is 5 stars from me for this one - very highly recommended!