Uses text, illustrations, and activities to present all sorts of information about insects and spiders.

Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

Provides photographs and descriptions of spiders, both large and small, discussing their hunting, web-spinning, and reproduction behaviors, and examining the advantages of size to spiders.

Describes, in brief text and illustrations, the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of spiders.

""In Spider Silk, Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig offer a history of this marvelous stuff that readers will find surprisingly compelling---not only for the astonishing complexity of spider silk itself but also for the many uses for it that spiders have created over the ages. It is, in other words, the epitome of evolutionary innovation."---Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex and The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution" ""This wonderful...

The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt as well as seen.

"Look inside to find out how Itsy Bitsy Spider finally gets back to his web!"--Page 4 of cover.

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of tarantulas.

"This fresh and very funny non-fiction picture book shares lots of fascinating facts about spiders in an entirely captivating way. If I'm Trying to Love Spiders doesn't cure your spider phobia, it'll at least make you appreciate how amazing they are ... and laugh a lot as you learn about them."--