Spi-Ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781682631928)

Leslie Bulion, award-winning educator favorite and master of science poetry, is back with a humorous exploration of the silk-spinning, bungee-jumping, hunting, trapping, trick-filled world of spiders!

Meet spiders that spit silk, roll like wheels, scuba dive, hide under trap doors, strum tunes, and so much more. Watch as they find mates, find prey...or find mates that become prey!

Award-winning poet Leslie Bulion and illustrator Robert Meganck team up again for this clutter (a collective noun for spiders) of short poems and humorously accurate illustrations celebrating the amazing attributes of Araneae.

The book is also packed with helpful sidebars, call-outs, and back matter, including a glossary of science terms, a description of the poetic forms, a list of common and scientific names, a spider-hunting adventure how-to, resources for further study, and a relative-size chart. A feast for science and animal fans!

Author: Leslie Bulion
ISBN-10: 1682631923
ISBN-13: 9781682631928
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Language: English
Published: 03/02/2021
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.60h x 8.30w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2021
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2021
Booklist 03/01/2021 pg. 40
School Library Journal 04/01/2021 pg. 135
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Recommended, Satisfactory