SCIENCE
Platt, Richard

Spiders' Secrets

(4) K-3 DK Readers series. A black widow, a water spider, and a house spider are among the six arachnids introduced in this brief volume. Although the first-person text, in which each spider describes itself, can be silly ("I'm big and hairy. So what? Spiders cannot shave," says the tarantula), the book does provide a fair amount of factual material and is accompanied by clear photographs. Glos., ind.

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