Review: Getting to Know Tarantulas

by editor | Aug 9, 2008 | K-12 Classroom Resources

Book reviews by Patricia Richwine, Ph.D.

An 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…)