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.

Trapdoor Spiders begins with an insect wandering the forest floor, only to have a spider jump through a trapdoor and grab in to scurry back to its burrow, closing the trapdoor behind it. What follows is a brief introduction to the anatomy, reproduction, habitat and habits of a this particular spider. It spends most of its time in its burrow, safe from predators and bad weather, waiting for its dinner to walk by. Readers can finish by building their own dwelling with a trapdoor, just like the spider! Buy this for your updated library collection. Highly recommended.