DK Readers L3: Spiders' Secrets (DK Readers Level 3)

My sons like the DK Readers books. They already own books on snakes, bugs and bacteria...and they were excited to get a book on spiders.However, this entry in the DK collection didn't meet their expectations. Young boys like jumping spiders and orb spiders that build intricate web designs. The headliner though is the tarantula -- the biggest spiders on the planet. And there just wasn't enough of them in this book to keep up my kids' interest.The author, Richard Platt, doesn't understand his audience. There's eight pages on water spiders, a creature half the size of a postage stamp. That's the same number of pages given to tarantulas.The oooh-ahhhh photo is on pages 14 and 15, a close-up of a Peruvian tarantula eating...a lizard!And that summerizes the three-star review: a kids book on spiders needs lots of oooh-ahhh photos and this one comes up short.Check out my other Amazon.com reviews of kids' books. Here's other DK Readers science books that I recommend:*  DK Readers: Slinky, Scaly Snakes (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (Paperback) *  DK Readers: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (Paperback) *  DK Readers: Munching, Crunching, Sniffing, and Snooping (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (Paperback) *  DK Readers: The Secret Life of Trees (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (Paperback) *  DK Readers: Plants Bite Back! (Level 3: Reading Alone) (Paperback) *  Micro Monsters: Life Under the Microscope (Paperback)

There are better titles for researching about spiders for third grade informational text. However, easy to read for struggling readers.

My grandson read this book all by himself

Very informative.

My 3rd grade boys thought this book was very exciting. Non-fiction books are usually hard to read, but this book they truly enjoyed.

Even though this may be a childrens' book, I've learned more from this book than any other field book I've read.

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Very unique prespective on spiders.