Long ago in Germany, an old woman cleans her house and decorates her Christmas tree, hoping that this year she will witness some special Christmas Eve magic.

Every bug in Sunny Patch is buzzing with excitement: Spring has arrived with five little bundles of joy for Miss Spider and Holley! Now, with the tiny tots Snowdrop, Pansy, Spinner, Wiggle and Squirt, there's never a dull moment around the web. But when Squirt spins off on his own to reunite a lost chicken egg with it's mother, Miss Spider and Holley must hatch a daring plan to rescue him ... before he becomes chicken food.

"Through simple text and cool photographs, this title gives a brief introduction to what a web is, the different kinds of webs and what kinds of insects and arachnids, like tent caterpillars and spiders, make them"--

Text and photographs describe how a garden spider spins her web and how she uses it to catch food.

"If you know children who say "Ick!" when they spot a spider, this book will make them say "Ooh!" instead. Next Time You See a Spiderweb describes how these skilled creatures weave nature's most clever traps--their webs. It shows how spiders snare their prey with messy tangled webs and intricate orb webs. Readers will learn how spiders spin sticky silk without getting stuck themselves."--

A first "person" account of the first spider to spin a web in space, and why the 1973 experiment, suggested by a high school student, was important. Includes a fact sheet.

"In The Spider Silk Scientists, readers enter Randy Lewis' lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material might someday be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor, strenghten parachute rope, and even tether an airplane to an aircraft carrier!...

"Provides comprehensive information on spiders and the process of how they make webs"--Provided by publisher.

Spencer the spider's beautiful webs always unravel, but he is determined to use his creativity to make a web that will last. Alternating pages provide facts about spiders and their webs.

With a giant spiderweb in the sky with the words "Surrender Olympians" written in it, Zeus and his friends know they are in for a fight, but the webs actually contain a hidden gem, Athena's magical item.