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A doctor who is deathly afraid of spiders moves his family to a small town where the disgusting arachnids are attacking the townspeople. He must overcome his fear to save the community, but it may already be too late!

Collages of familiar farm animals complement this tale of a determined little spider toiling away to build her web. "A spider, blown by the wind to a fence post near a farm yard, begins to build her web and cannot be distracted from the task at hand--not by the horse, cow, sheep, goat, or dog. But when the rooster asks if she wants to catch a pesky fly, the busy spider is able to catch it in her web immediately!"-- The farm animals try to divert...

The hugely-wugely spider tries to climb up the water spout like all the small spiders and when he gets stuck, they help him out so when the rain comes, he tries to return the favor.

Come tour the world with Animal Atlas and discover how animals survive and thrive. Visit every continent and dive through the sea to meet all Earth's animals, from A to Zebra. Jut spin the globe! Includes: The Scary Creatures; Skeletons; and Bats in the Belfry.

Describes the research that Samuel Marshall and his students are doing on tarantulas, including the largest spider on earth, the Goliath birdeating tarantula.

Corbin speaks like the bees speak . . . well, kind of. He gets very quiet and notices distinctive secrets no one's patient enough to see. So when his teacher says they're going to a local field to observe bees, Corbin can't wait! Until his classmates all complain and grumble to "squash the bugs." How can he convince them that bees are anything but boring insects that sting? A picture book to encourage kids everywhere to see the beauty in the nature...