Bites and stings are common hazards of childhood. Some bites and stings require little treatment---nothing more than washing with soap and water. Others are serious injuries that call for treatment...
Natural enemies
Most animals have natural enemies---other animals that like to eat them. It's night on a desert in the United States. A wolf spider is hunting. The spider is the natural enemy of beetles and other...
Many-legged home builders
Trap-Door Spider Harvester Ants > Harvester ants live in tunnels that they dig in the ground. > > A trap-door spider's home is a silk-lined tunnel with a door made of > silk and dirt. In the...
Eight legs
Black Widow Spider Some spiders hang nets of silk from corners or branches. Many people don't like spiders. But spiders help us. They eat many insects that are harmful to people. Some spiders trap...
Sparkling spider webs
Early in the morning, when the sun chases the night's shadows from lawns, gardens, and meadows, the ground is full of sparkles. Dewdrops, like tiny jewels, are everywhere. They glitter on spider...
Anansi and the Plantains
from Anansi the Spider Man by Philip M. Sherlock Who was Anansi? He was a man and he was a spider. When things went well he was a man, but when he was in great danger he became a spider, safe in...
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
an old folksong I know an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die. I know an old lady who swallowed a spider, That wriggled and jiggled and tickled...
The Eensy, Weensy Spider
author unknown The eensy, weensy spider Climbed up the waterspout. Down came the rain And washed the spider out. Out came the sun And dried up all the rain. So the eensy, weensy spider Climbed up...