num_pages: 80
description: A 2005 Sibert Honor BookYellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside! These amazing attributes don’t belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth’s biggest and hairiest tarantulas. Here you are invited to follow Sam Marshall, spider scientist extraordinaire (he’s never been bitten), as he explores the dense rainforest of French Guiana, knocking on the doors of tarantula burrows, trying to get a closer look at these incredible creatures. You’ll also visit the largest comparative spider laboratory in America—where close to five hundred live tarantulas sit in towers of stacked shoeboxes and plastic containers, waiting for their turn to dazzle and astound the scientists who study them.
language: English
title: The Tarantula Scientist
titlecomplete: The Tarantula Scientist (Scientists in the Field)
genres: Nature, Biology, Science, Childrens, Education, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Animals, Middle Grade, School
ratings_count: 288
series: Scientists in the Field
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Sibert Medal, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Texas Bluebonnet Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Clarion Books