This is a richly artistic book with beautiful illustrations on a topic that many people may perceive as not-so-beautiful. The pictures include diagrams and closeup details, such as the hair on a spider’s legs.  My only wish with the illustrations is that the illustrator would have labeled the name of the spider underneath the colorful illustrations.    It would be interesting to compare it to a realist picture, either in the back of the book, or in the border of the text.  One of the strong points of this book is the readability, the information comes out in conversational voice, which will encourage discussion in a whole group setting.  This book would make a nice addition to an elementary library or classroom.