Publisher's Synopsis
This book is part of a series specially written as a first natural history book for the new reader. The life cycle from conception to adulthood is explained for a variety of familiar animals and plants, with illustrations of each stage in their development.;This illustrated study in the "Life Cycles" series concentrates on the spider and describes courting, mating, egg-laying and how they catch their food. The reader learns how the eggs change into spiderlings and on to fully-grown spiders.;Jill Bailey has also written "Life Cycle of the Ladybird" and "Life Cycle of the Duck".
