About Arachnids: A Guide for Children (Educational Science Book About Spiders, Scorpions, & Other 8-Legged Creatures for STEM Learning)

Creepy crawlies and eight-legged wonders abound in this classroom favorite and beginners guide to arachnids. In this book from the acclaimed About... series educator and author Cathryn Sill uses simple easy-to-understand language to teach children what arachnids are how they live what they eat and how they reproduce. With beautifully detailed realistic paintings noted wildlife illustrator John Sill introduces readers to a diverse range of arachnids from the poisonous brown recluse spider to the innocuous giant desert hairy scorpion. An afterword provides more details about each species featured in the interior.