| View Larger Image | Nic Bishop Spiders (Sibert Honor Book) | Hardcoverby Nic Bishop (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Scholastic Nonfiction | | Page Count: | 48 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 01, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 56,327th |
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FEATURES | - ISBN13: 9780439877565
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Product Description
For the first to third grade set, spiders are fascinating and suitably gruesome, especially when looked at in EXTREME close-up. Amazing images show the beauty and otherworldliness of spiders. Simple, engaging text conveys basic information about spiders as well as cool and quirky facts. One stop-action montage shows a spider leaping twenty times its body length! |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 5 reviews)
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An award winning nature book! by Lori Calabrese "Children's Books Examiner" (Connecticut, USA)  5 Stars
July 27, 2009
"It is easy to think that photography is fast. After all, you press the shutter button and the photograph is completed in 1/100th of a second. But it is all the planning and preparation beforehand that takes the time." --Nic Bishop
Imagine snapping a picture of a jumping spider, leaping from one rock to the next. Obviously this is something that happens very fast, so it takes a lot of work to get the picture just right. You have to visit Nic Bishop's website to find out the unusual techniques he uses to capture events like this for his award-winning nature books. But it's because of his unusual techniques that his nature books stand out.
Look closely at the pictures in a Nic Bishop book, and you'll find that the details are mesmerizing. In Nic Bishop: Spiders, you can literally count the hairs on a tarantula, see the invisible spider webs one usually walks through, and read all about the gruesomeness that seems to follow spiders wherever they go. Spider lovers will enjoy learning how spiders spin webs, turn their prey's insides into soup, and how a spider uses its pedipalps, or two short arms to hold its prey. Meanwhile, spider haters will have their arm hairs standing on end! Bishop studied and photographed more than a dozen types of spiders for this book from the largest known as the Goliath birdeater tarantula from South America to ones that he raised in his home. He captures rare occurrences like molting, courting, and egg-laying.
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That's all? by David P. Minato (Portland, OR United States)  2 Stars
January 13, 2009
I expected more in depth descriptions and stories about the individual spiders. What spiders were shown were well done, but if you want a comprehensive book of spiders, don't get this book.
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truly wonderful by M. Vafi (Missouri) 5 Stars
July 23, 2008
Beautiful photography, very informative, descriptive detail just right to keep kids interested without overloading them. I would highly recommend.
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great book! by A. L. Berey (New Jersey) 5 Stars
June 20, 2008
My son is 5 and very curious about insects (and most things in general)... the descriptions are interesting and photos fantastic. While there's a lot of depth there, you can skip some of it, and cover what you choose. I definitely recommend it for any child that's intellectually curious and not squeamish about bugs!
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Natural history facts to captivate even reluctant readers. by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) 5 Stars
January 08, 2008
Nic Bishop's SPIDERS examines all kinds of spiders through the lens of Nic Bishop's close-up color photography. Full-page spider images are accompanied by natural history facts to captivate even reluctant readers.
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