Written by Becca Becker

Pogo Books: All About Arachnids is an eight book series that is written in a format that is appropriate for young readers that are ready for a bit more complexity in sentence structure. Typical nonfiction features include: table of contents, index, glossary, labeled diagrams and illustrations, headings and bold typed words. “Activities & Tools” presents a simple STEM activity and “To Learn More” notes ways to gain more information. Each book has high interest photos and details habitats, behavior, anatomy and diet of a particular spider. Add this series to your library for those newer readers that are ready for something more.

In Jumping Spiders, readers learn that these spiders live up to their name – they jump (sometimes up to 30 times their body length!). These small (all under one inch) and mighty spiders leap to catch their prey and escape predators. They live everywhere, except Antarctica, and there are over 5000 different species of jumping spiders! Your young readers will even learn that these clever arachnids have been trained to jump on cue. What else will they learn? Highly recommended.