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Charlesbridge Publishing, July 2009. 32 pages. Illustrated by Patricia Wynne Ages 4 through 8 ISBN 978-1-58089-221-6 hardcover ISBN 978-1-58089-222-3 paperback
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ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Each spring hundreds of spiders hatch from their egg sacs and begin their struggle to survive. They must protect themselves not only from predators, but also from their very own siblings! This story chronicles the real-life drama of one spider as she eats, grows, spins a dragline of silk, and soars up, up, and away to find a home of her own.
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REVIEWS/AWARDS:
Selected for the 2009 Summer Reading List for children 3 to 6 years old. READING ROCKETS, a PBS affiliated program launching young readers
"Reading
this book is an ideal way to introduce life cycles to primary
students." Selected as an NSTA/CBC Outstanding
Science Trade Book for 2010
"Simply told with well-chosen words and phrases, the story reads aloud well. . . . The illustrations vary in tone from pastoral landscapes that set the scene to close-ups of dramatic escapes from predators that look monstrously large from the spider's point of view. A well-crafted nonfiction picture book." BOOKLIST
". . . retraces this life cycle in simple, non-anthropormorphic language. . . . Along with being good preparatory material for a shared reading of Charlotte's Web. . . this may draw budding naturalists. . . ." KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Detailed illustrations and bold language make this tale of birth and death, autumn and spring, fresh, exciting, sensational as life." FOREWORD MAGAZINE
"A superb non-fiction picture book . . . . [This] engrossing saga of arachnid life-cycle is a real winner. Patricia Wynne's detailed illustrations are dazzling and filled with the drama of a baby spider's fight for life. . . . Wynne and Wadsworth form a soaring team!" PARENTING ON THE PENINSULA