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"Praise for the hardcover edition, Spidermania: Friends on the Web   A Eureka! Nonfiction Honor Book   ""An unusual approach to the creepiest of crawlies, likely to snare unwary passers-by in droves.""—Kirkus Reviews   ""Arresting photos and illuminating text weave a neat web to capture readers.""—School Library Journal   ""Siy conveys scientific concepts and terminology very well, and her text is nicely complemented by Kunkel's detailed, vivid photographs and digitally enhanced electron micrographs . . . readers will come away with a fairly comprehensive understanding of spiders and spider diversity.""—Booklist   ""Vibrant coloring makes it easy to identify the spiders' anatomical features . . . readers should be impressed by the arachnids' versatility and capability""—Publishers Weekly"

Praise for the hardcover edition, Spidermania: Friends on the Web A Eureka! Nonfiction Honor Book An unusual approach to the creepiest of crawlies, likely to snare unwary passers-by in droves. --Kirkus Reviews Arresting photos and illuminating text weave a neat web to capture readers. --School Library Journal Siy conveys scientific concepts and terminology very well, and her text is nicely complemented by Kunkel's detailed, vivid photographs and digitally enhanced electron micrographs . . . readers will come away with a fairly comprehensive understanding of spiders and spider diversity. --Booklist Vibrant coloring makes it easy to identify the spiders' anatomical features . . . readers should be impressed by the arachnids' versatility and capability --Publishers Weekly

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ALEXANDRA SIY's children's books have won many awards, including an Orbis Pictus Honor, an NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book Award, and an American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. DENNIS KUNKEL, PhD, is a scientist and microscopist. His award-winning microphotographs have appeared in dozens of publications, including Time, the New York Times, Scientific American, and National Geographic. His work has appeared in many children's books.

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