Deadly Spider Bite!

by Kevin Blake

Fiona Donagh was asleep in her bed in New South Wales, Australia, when she felt something crawling up her body. She shook her leg, which turned out to be a big mistake. A frightened Australian funnel web spider plunged its fangs into her body, injecting her with toxic venom. Fiona developed a bright red rash and soon felt very ill. Would she get help in time? Learn all about venomous spiders in this engrossing narrative nonfiction book for young readers. It's packed with exciting wildlife encounters, cutting-edge science, and loads of info about venom and its deadly effects.

Genres: Animals

24 pages, Library Binding

Published July 15, 2018

Reviews

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deadly Spider Bite interweaves stories of humans' encounters with poisonous spiders with facts and general information about dangerous spiders. The narrative stories draw the young readers into this nonfiction book and lead them into finding out more about some of the most deadly spiders in the world. The vivid close-ups of spiders and the results of their bites will captivate any young reader. The text is ideal for its target audience of eight to eleven year olds. Children gravitate to scary at this age, and this book will shoot to the top of the most-checked-out books in the library because of the element of scariness. The book will also satisfy the strictest of teachers and librarians, by its inclusion of all the classic nonfiction elements as well.

[Leonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

An informative book for children about deadly snake bites and few who have died from them. Sobering but valuable.