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Diary of a fly: The day-to-day existence of a little fly that wants to be a superhero and is not afraid to dream big, really big!; Diary of a spider: This portrait of an upside-down web world will have kids wishing they could be spiders too!; Diary of a worm: A hysterical journal about the daily doings and the hidden world of a lovable underground dweller that will be sure to delight kids both young and old.
65) Spiders
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An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of different kinds of spiders.
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In the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Stephen King's Salem's Lot, New York Times bestseller Cirque du Freak is the first title in the popular Saga of Darren Shan.
Darren Shan and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the Cirque du Freak, a wonderfully gothic freak show featuring weird, frightening half human / half animals who interact terrifyingly with the audience. In the midst
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The Amazing Voyage of Nefertiti, the Spidernaut. Most spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders, by contrast, actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped, it would simply float. No one knew if the spider could hunt in a weightless environment. This nonfiction picture book for elementary kids chronicles the amazing voyage of...
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Why did Itsy Bitsy make his famous journey? With a dose of warmth and whimsy, Steve Light's remarkable, intricate artwork spins a backstory of unexpected friendship. Itsy Bitsy sits at home, drinking tea, all alone... Everyone knows the rhyme "The Itsy Bitsy Spider." We know about the climb up the waterspout, the washout, the return of the sun, and the determined climb back up the spout - again. Generations of children have sung this beloved verse...
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"Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this...
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"What if you were as small as a bean and could walk on the walls and ceiling, sense vibrarions through your elbows, jump five times your body length, see the world through eight eyes, and hear using tiny hairs all over your body? That is Jumper's world. Open this book and discover the fascinating hidden life of a backyard jumping spider."--
73) Insect Ninja
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Tiger Moth works for truth and justice by working to solve the crime of the missing painting. Written in graphic-novel format.
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The Story of Izzy the Busy Bee is a fun and heartwarming story about friendship, resilience, and the courage to seek out happiness on your own terms.
Izzy works for a big corporate hive, Big Honey Incorporated – along with his best friend Bumblefoot, a half bumblebee.
While Izzy is good at what he does, the only reward is more work and more types of tasks – such as tidying the hive, tending to the queen, taking care of the baby bees, guarding...
76) The spider
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Part of a series of hilarious nonfiction about disgusting creatures, this book looks at the spider. It covers such topics as the spider's habitats (pretty much everywhere but outer space), the silk it spins (it can trap prey and makes a nifty bowtie), and its parenting practice (female spiders carry around their eggs in a silk purse). Although silly and off-the-wall,The Spider contains real information that will both amuse and teach.
78) Wolf spiders
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Introduces the small to medium-sized spider which has excellent eyesight, hunts on the ground, and lives all over the world including in the Arctic and on high mountains.
80) Amazing spiders
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Text and photographs introduce some of the most amazing members of the spider family, such as bird-eating spiders, spitting spiders, and banana spiders.