Author: Yvonne Winer
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613179553
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
With this book, young readers get a chance to look up close at a stunning variety of webs and spiders from around the world. Concise, lilting verses present each spider, revealing how, when, where, and why these fascinating creatures spin webs. Colorful, detailed illustrations depict each one with dazzling realism. A spider identification guide and additional book and Internet resources are included.
Author: Yvonne Winer
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 9780881069846
Category : Spider webs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
Examines a wide range of spiders and webs in verses and illustrations.
Author: Yvonne Winer
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606157155
Category : Spider webs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book Here
Book Description
Rhyming text describes how, when, where, and why spiders spin webs. Includes a spider identification guide.
Author: William Eberhard
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022653474X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 679
Get Book Here
Book Description
In this lavishly illustrated, first-ever book on how spider webs are built, function, and evolved, William Eberhard provides a comprehensive overview of spider functional morphology and behavior related to web building, and of the surprising physical agility and mental abilities of orb weavers. For instance, one spider spins more than three precisely spaced, morphologically complex spiral attachments per second for up to fifteen minutes at a time. Spiders even adjust the mechanical properties of their famously strong silken lines to different parts of their webs and different environments, and make dramatic modifications in orb designs to adapt to available spaces. This extensive adaptive flexibility, involving decisions influenced by up to sixteen different cues, is unexpected in such small, supposedly simple animals. As Eberhard reveals, the extraordinary diversity of webs includes ingenious solutions to gain access to prey in esoteric habitats, from blazing hot and shifting sand dunes (to capture ants) to the surfaces of tropical lakes (to capture water striders). Some webs are nets that are cast onto prey, while others form baskets into which the spider flicks prey. Some aerial webs are tramways used by spiders searching for chemical cues from their prey below, while others feature landing sites for flying insects and spiders where the spider then stalks its prey. In some webs, long trip lines are delicately sustained just above the ground by tiny rigid silk poles. Stemming from the author’s more than five decades observing spider webs, this book will be the definitive reference for years to come.
Author: Debbie Vilardi
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 153216324X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Get Book Here
Book Description
This book introduces readers to the science behind spider webs. Students learn about the uses of spider silk and the different purposes of different kinds of webs. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Cody Koala is an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO.
Author: Melissa Stewart
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761429203
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Get Book Here
Book Description
"Provides comprehensive information on spiders and the process of how they make webs"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Amanda O'Neill
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781856973113
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Get Book Here
Book Description
From ''What is a bug?'U to ''Why do glowworms glow?, 'U this book has all the answers for young insect lovers. Illustrations.
Author: Bridget Heos
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547681267
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Get Book Here
Book Description
An introduction to the field of genetics through the story of Randy Lewis and his work with golden orb weaver spiders and his subsequent creation of artificial spider silk that can be used to save and improve lives. Full color.
Author: Melvin Berger
Publisher: Scholastic Reference
ISBN: 9780439148818
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Get Book Here
Book Description
This easy-to-read book provides young readers with answers to commonly asked questions about spiders and their habitat, eating habits, and webs. Simultaneous.
Author: Tim Hopgood
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466896159
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Get Book Here
Book Description
A determined little spider named Walter is trying to make a sturdy web that will stand up to the blustery wind. The webs he makes at first are woven in special shapes--a triangle, a square, a circle--but they are still wibbly-wobbly. Can Walter make a web that is both wonderful and strong? This simple, vibrant adventure is a lively companion to our two previous Tim Hopgood "first books": Wow! Said the Owl, about colors; and Hooray for Hoppy!, about the five senses.
