Hirsch, Rebecca Trap Door Spiders and other
Amazing Predators 40 pgs. Lerner, 2017. $19.99. Content: G.
This book features detailed information about five creatures
that are predators; trap-door spiders, anglerfish, mantis shrimp, komodo
dragons, and killer whales. It also contains smaller blurbs about many other
animals to act as a comparison feature. There are many relevant and high
quality photographs as well as interesting facts scattered throughout.
This is an interesting and well written book about creatures
that aren’t commonly included in predator collections. However, the cover makes
it appear, especially to students, but also to teachers doing a quick shelf
search, that is it only about Trap-Door Spiders, which is very misleading. Just
like the other book I reviewed for this series, why not simply title this book Unusual Animal Predators or something basic? I think many students will be less than
thrilled to discover that there is only one chapter on the spider that they
thought the whole book was about. While spiders are very popular and appealing,
the spider pic on the cover is pretty dark and not as appealing as it could be.
I have a ton of well written predator books in my collection already, with more
cover appeal, creature appeal and easily identifiable titles, so I just think
there are better options out there, even though this is actually a great book
inside.
EL (K-3) –OPTIONAL Reviewer:
Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
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