Description: Hunters, builders, trippers, trappers and weavers, spiders serve an important part in keeping our world a healthier, and more fascinating, place. With original photographs and a wealth of information, this first volume in the Exploring My World series introduces young readers to the remarkable world of spiders.
Brief description: Born and raised on the Canadian prairies, award-winning author and artist Valerie Coulman has always had a habit of getting caught with a book in her hands while she should be doing something else. An avid reader, Valerie has published award-winning picture books, stage scripts, numerous articles, poems and song lyrics, and wrangles words regularly as a freelance writer, artist and editor from her studio in beautiful Southern Oregon.