Goliath Bird-Eating Spiders and Other Extreme Bugs

Title:               Goliath Bird-Eating Spiders and Other Extreme Bugs
Category:       Nonfiction
Grade:            2-6
Author:          Deirdre Prischmann
Illustrator:      N/A
Publisher:       Capstone Press
Date:               2008
Pages:             32

Summary:     

An almanac of huge, gruesome, and exotic “bugs,” this book would be a great read for reluctant youngsters who enjoy the gross-out factor.  After a brief overview, each double page spread highlights one strange and creepy crawler. 

Review:

The book uses unusual fonts, color, big photographs and lots of captions, snippets and other formats to capture readers’ attention.  Though each spread does have a short “main” writing, pages also feature more unusual formats, such as “recipes” or bug “interviews” to maintain the interest of distractible youngsters.