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1) Spiderwebs
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English
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Explains the process and materials that spiders use to build webs. This book’s colorful photos, clear text, and “A Closer Look” feature highlight the engineering that makes this structure such a marvel and helps spiders survive in the wild.
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Language
English
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"This book introduces readers to the science behind spider webs. Students learn about the uses of spider silk and the different purposes of different kinds of webs. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards." --
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English
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Fern is a young farm girl who rescues the runt, Wilbur. Wilbur the pig is saved from certain death and Fern visits him every day at her Uncle Homer's farm. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house." Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her web turns the Zuckerman farm into a tourist attraction.
6) Spider's web
Author
Publisher
Silver Burdett Co
Pub. Date
1986, c1984
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs describe how a garden spider spins her web and how she uses it to catch food.
Language
English
Description
In ordinary Somerset County, a young farm girl named Fern rescues the runt of a litter of pigs from her father's ax. Fern names the pig Wilbur, takes care of him, and continues to visit him every day after he is moved to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman's barn across the road. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house" when Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Readers enter the lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material might someday be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor, strenghten parachute rope, and even tether an airplane to an aircraft carrier!
12) Spider silk
Author
Publisher
Crowell
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English
Description
Explains how a spider spins its web and the many uses of that strong silk.
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Series
Third-grade detectives volume 4
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Todd must conquer his fear of spiders and cobwebs in order to help his third-grade class catch a thief.
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Series
Heroes in training volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With a giant spiderweb in the sky with the words "Surrender Olympians" written in it, Zeus and his friends know they are in for a fight, but the webs actually contain a hidden gem, Athena's magical item.