Take your readers beyond the world of dogs and cats with Unique Pets! In this title, they will discover the tarantula's hair-flicking defense, silk-spinning abilities, and often gentle nature. Easy-to-read text introduces the behaviors, size, appearance, natural habitat, diet, reproduction, development, and care and keeping of this prized arachnid. Large, full-color photos show off the varied colors of these delicate spiders. Your readers are unique individuals. Shouldn't their pets be, too? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO. Glossary of key words Index Reviewed Table of contents From hairy, eight-legged tarantulas to cute, color-changing chameleons, the Unique Pets series is perfect for young animal enthusiasts! Easy-to-read text covers the behaviors, size, appearance, natural habitat, diet, reproduction, development, and care and keeping of these special creatures. Each peculiar pet comes to life in large, full-color photos. For readers seeking more information about popular pets, these books will take them beyond the world of dogs and cats! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO

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