Review: Getting to Know Tarantulas

Review: Getting to Know Tarantulas

Book reviews by Patricia Richwine, Ph.D.

harrytarantulaAn Interview with Harry the Tarantula
Author:  Leigh Ann Tyson (2003)
Illustrator:  Henrik Drescher
Publisher:  National Geographic
32 pages
ISBN 0-7922-5122-9

Katy Did, the talk-show host on KBUG radio, does an “up close and personal” interview with Harry the Tarantula in this picture book which might be classified as faction, a combination of fact and fiction.  In question and answer format, the habits and behaviors of tarantula spiders are presented.  (more…)

Review: The Wonder of Wetlands

Review: The Wonder of Wetlands

Review by Sam Lyman (and Kris Eacker)

wowWOW!: The Wonders Of Wetlands: An Educator’s Guide By Environmental Concern Inc. and The Watercourse, Bozeman, MT Published by Environmental Concern Inc., St. Michaels, MD, 2003, 348 p. ISBN: 1-883226-07-4

POW!: The Planning of Wetlands: An Educator’s Guide By Karen Ripple & Edgar Garbisch Published by Environmental Concern Inc., St. Michaels, MD, 2000, 346 p. ISBN: 1-883226-05-8


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