Books in Kidsworld series

Spiders are amazing creatures! There are 38,000 known species of spiders. Did you know a human is said to never be more than ten feet away from a spider? But spiders are NOT insects! Spiders have eight legs and two bodily sections, while insects have six legs and three bodily sections.Some spiders are poisioness (and deadly) but most are not.All spiders produce silk which many use to spin webs and capture prey.The largest spider is the goliath spider which can grow tp be 11 inches wide with fangs that grow to be one inch long!

There are about 24,000 species of butterflies and 140,000 species of moths in the world. They exist on every continent except Antarctica. A butterfly starts out as an egg, grows into a caterpillar, then it builds a cocoon of silk threads and after a time emerges as a beautiful butterfly. They sip the nectar from plants and help to pollinate while they sip. In the fall, Monarch butterflies fly south from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico, over 2,000 miles away, and return in the spring to lay their eggs.

Bees are first rate pollinators, they move from flower to flower, carrying the flower's pollen with from the male parts to the female parts of the plant.Bees produce honey, a yummy treat for humans and animals like bears.Bees live in hives and communicate with each other through smell and by dancing.Bees fly at speeds of 16 miles per hour, and can beat their wings 200 times a second. Bees are mysteriously disappearing, in some areas 90% of the bees have disappeared.

Snakes are long, legless reptiles that are masters of disguise and experts hunters. Although many people fear snakes, most snakes helpfully eat great numbers of rats and mice and other pests. The fear of snakes is called ophiophobia.Most species of snakes are not venomous.All snakes are carnivores.Snakes can swallow prey larger than their heads.Snakes don’t have eyelids.Snakes are found on every continent except AntarcticaSnakes can range from about 10 cm long to over 6 metres!Snakes smell with their tongue.

Frogs and toads are remarkable creatures. They are amphibians that live partly in water and partly on land, and they hoppity hop from lilypad to lilypad.Frogs breathe with their lungs and through their skin, and have hearts with three chambers instead of four.Frogs have sticky tongues that they use to catch and eat insects, spiders, and other small creatures. Frogs have bulging eyes that can see all the way around.Male frogs can sign to attract a mate and to mark their territory.All toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads.Toads usually prefer terrestrial habitats and have warty skin.