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The Tarantula Scientist

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4.1 out of 5
Based on 153 Ratings and 61 Reviews

Book Description
Yellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside! These amazing attributes don't belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth's biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. Here you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he's never been bitten), as he explores the dense rainforest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, try... More
Book Information
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
BindingHardcover (6 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages80
ISBN-100618147993
ISBN-13978-0618147991
Publication Date03/23/2004
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About Sy Montgomery (Author) : Sy Montgomery is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Sy Montgomery include The Man-eating Tigers of Sundarbans, THE TARANTULA SCIENTIST (Scientists in the Field), ... more
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About Nic Bishop (Photographer) : Nic Bishop is a published author, illustrator, and a photographer of children's books. Some of the published credits of Nic Bishop include The Mysterious Universe HC: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Blac... more
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