The Really Hairy Scary Spider: And Other Creatures With Lots of Legs (The Really Horrible Guides) - Hardcover

Greenaway, Theresa

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9780789410283: The Really Hairy Scary Spider: And Other Creatures With Lots of Legs (The Really Horrible Guides)

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ISBN 10: 0789410281 ISBN 13: 9780789410283

Publisher: Dk Pub, 1996

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Presents information on a variety of animals and shows how even the smallest creatures have a part to play in maintaining a balanced ecosystem

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Grade 2-4?Two broad introductions to small beasts that humans either fear or find disgusting. Both titles employ the publisher's familiar format, but with larger-than-usual photographs and print size. Double-page topic treatments address the creatures' eating habits, defense mechanisms, etc. Sharp, close-up photographs depict about a half-dozen species per section. Adjacent to most photos are short blocks of text; in a frequently awkward arrangement, some sentences curve around the illustrations and appear to be part of the graphic design instead of the narrative. The organization is basically scattershot; no animal or topic is discussed in depth. Also, some of the material presented is oversimplified and thus misleading, especially in Fearsome. For instance, it states that "A snake is basically one stretchy stomach, with a head at one end and a tail at the other"?an anatomical generalization unsupported by any data. The text also declares that "all snakes either paralyze or kill their victim before they start to swallow." This is true of most snake species, but not all. In the section discussing insect young, the text refers to grubs, maggots, and larvae as different types of "newly hatched insects," but grubs and maggots are larvae. In both titles, the captions do not consistently identify the species depicted by common name; for instance, in Hairy, several different types of tarantulas are shown, but they are all simply labeled, "Tarantula." On the whole, books in the "Eyewitness Juniors" series cover many of the same creatures, are better organized, and give more detail on anatomical features.?Karey Wehner, San Francisco Public Library
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