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Biggest vs. Smallest Creepy, Crawly Creatures
This hairy spider can be as big as a dinner plate. Is it a monster? Is it an alien? No. It is the Goliath bird-eater. It is one of the biggest spiders in the world. The Samoan moss spider is one of the smallest spiders. It is so small, you need a magnifying glass to see it. Students read about and compare the biggest and smallest worms, centipedes, and spiders.
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Each title in this substandard series pairs the largest and smallest examples of three types of animals and closes with a final page on an even-larger (usually extinct) creature. Though Mitchell provides dimensions for each creature, only a few of the color photos include objects that would give readers a sense of scale and even the small animals are usually not shown at actual size. Furthermore, there is a description but no picture of the Samoan moss spider in Creepy, Crawly Creatures and the supposedly "bright yellow" live-bearing sea star in Sea Creatures is orange in the photograph. The narratives include occasional undefined technical terms ("photo-micrograph") and vague statements such as, "The black-footed cat is just as tough as some big cats." Skip this one., School Library Journal Fall 2010
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