Uncover a Tarantula: Take a Three-Dimensional Look Inside a Tarantula!

by David George Gordon

Dynamic 3-D layered format lets kids peel away eight pages to see how tarantulas protect themselves and why their blood is green! The three other titles in the Uncover series, including Parents'... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159223237X
• ISBN13: 9781592232376
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
• Length: 16 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.0" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

Attractive but not accessible to all ages

I was lucky enough to find this book at a local thrift store, and kept it in my classroom during a second grade science unit on plants and animals. The students who discovered it on the shelf, or went through the pages by my side, loved looking at it. The book says it's for ages 8 and up, but the text was way too advanced for any of my 7 year olds to read. I'm debating about whether or not to put this on the shelf in my preschool classroom. I'm sure the students will love exploring the 3D rendition of the tarantula in layers, but it doesn't work as a read-aloud or even a read-along with at younger ages. There's a massive amount on informative text on each page. I would highly recommend this book, but wish it were a bit more accessible to younger and more developing readers.

Great idea

These books are a great idea, information and fun mixed together. My 7 year old reads them over and over.

Wonderful teaching aid!

This is a wonderful book that will help answer questions that children (and adults too!)will invariably have about these small wonders. The embedded model nests well within itself, and the illustrations and text are full of interesting information about tarantulas. The organs are duplicated faithfully, compared to illustrations and photographs of dissected tarantulas I have seen, even with the enlargement. This makes understanding the anatomy and physiology much easier. Children and adults will learn much about these misunderstood creatures and hopefully will treat them with more respect and dignity than they have received in the past. This book may go a long way to protecting and preserving these fascinating jewels of nature.

Awesome Educational Tools

My 8 year old son absolutely LOVES his T-Rex uncover book and is asking for all the rest of them for Christmas!! For young inquisitive minds, these books are ideal. My son loves looking at all the different layers and reading the great facts. A definite + purchase!

Lots of Interesting Information

I am an adult who within the past few months has gotten very interested in tarantulas, and I now own 7 different species of them. This book very concisely presents key facts about the tarantula anatomy (with a very illustrative clear model imbedded in the book itself, that peels away to show another layer of the spider's anatomy with each turn of the page), lifestyle, physiology, eating habits, and so forth. I found the book extremely informative and based on hard scientific facts. A fairly quick read, I am keeping it handy for easy future reference. This book made me appreciate even more these amazing animals!