Each of these beautiful books features a series of lavishly illustrated spreads that invite young readers to explore the inner workings of an animal or a plant, while providing an understanding of how they work as well as how they interact with the environment in which they live. Other topics included in this inside-out look at animal and plant life include their natural enemies, geographical range, evolutionary history, defensive techniques, and the relationship the subject plant or animal has to humans. The intricately detailed color drawings and stunning photos offer a dazzling tour of the circulatory, digestive, reproductive, and respiratory systems of each animal and plant covered. The reader-friendly text enhances and explains the striking images. Getting Into Nature is a rich and lavish introduction to the science, beauty, and wonder of nature, sure to create a new generation of nature lovers and science enthusiasts. This inviting book allows us to observe spiders close up, as they creatively hunt their prey, eat, spin intricate webs, reproduce, and lay their eggs. The many lavishly detailed illustrations and photographs offers an up-close look at the beauty of spiders from around the world, showing the systems that make web spinning, digesting, and egg laying possible. It is a stunning view of the complex artistry and delicate engineering behind spiders and their webs.