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Describes the characteristics, behavior, and special organs of different spiders including the water spider, orb web spider, black widow, and tarantula.

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Dorothy Hinshaw Patent holds a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, on subjects ranging from biodiversity to the bald eagle. She has two adult sons and lives with her husband in Montana, where the state flower is named after Meriwether Lewis show more William Munoz earned a B.A. in history from the University of Montana. He has an avid interest in ecology and the environment and has worked on many photo essays. Mr. Munoz lives with his wife and son near Victoria, British Columbia show less

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Nonfiction, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
595.4Natural sciences & mathematicsAnimalsArthropoda; Crabs, Spiders, Insects, ButterfliesArachnida: Spiders, Scorpions, Mites
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QL458.4 .P38ScienceZoologyZoologyInvertebrates

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