Books for tarantula enthusiasts

Today I heard the librarian tell some teachers that she was doing an internet search at home for books about spiders. She said she was trying to remember the title of a book she had read a few years ago and was being unsuccessful remembering the precise title. Her comment to some teachers was that it took about 3 pages in Google before she could locate the book. Both Sophie and I, Krista, were astounded: three pages in Google? We know it wasn’t due to the fact that the librarian couldn’t carry out a search. We heard her say that it was a shame there were few sites that provided listings of titles for the young tarantula enthusiast.  

So both Sophie and I decided to invite young readers to find books about tarantulas. Now that school is out and there is more time for reading, we invite you to go visit the public library and ask one of the friendly librarians to help you track a few good books about us hairy fellows. Once you find a great book, drop us a line and we will include it here. Tell us why you think it is a great book. Hey, maybe we can jointly put together a recommended book list for tarantula fans!

 Since you know we are well-informed library tarantulas who enjoy listening to library conversations, we thought we would share with you what we found out about the book the librarian searched. An Interview with Harry the Tarantula, written by Leigh Ann Tyson, and illustrated by Henrik Drescher, is funny, yet full of true facts about us eight-legged darlings. We heard the librarian say that the author did quite a lot of research about spiders and consulted with entomology expects to make sure the facts in the book were correct. That is perfect!  Now, in our opinion, while the text is great and the illustrations of reporter Katy Did of KBUG Radio cute, Harry is pictured as an eight-legged, too-many-teeth goofball. That is the only part we did not like, thought you must know that tarantulas have a different sense of humor than humans, and some humans might consider the illustrations funny. We heard the librarian say that the book could be purchased at the National Geographic site, so we went ahead and linked it to the title of the book. So tarantula enthusiasts everywhere, go to your public library and start reading!