What We Are Reading Today: The Little Book of Spiders by Simon Pollard

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Updated 06 April 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: The Little Book of Spiders by Simon Pollard

It’s a charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size book exploring the world’s spiders.

Packed with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. 

Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photographs and original color artwork, “The Little Book of Spiders” is an accessible and enjoyable mini reference about the world’s spiders, with examples drawn from across the globe. 

It fits an astonishing amount of information in a small package, covering a wide range of topics — from anatomy, diversity, and reproduction to habitat and conservation. 

It also includes curious facts and a section on spiders in myths, folklore, and modern culture from around the world. 

The result is an irresistible guide to the amazing lives of spiders. 

This book with a foil-stamped cloth cover features some 140 color illustrations and photos.


What We Are Reading Today: When Trees Testify by Beronda L. Montgomery

Updated 02 March 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: When Trees Testify by Beronda L. Montgomery

In “When Trees Testify,” plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery explores the way seven trees are intertwined with Black history and culture.

She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning.

Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer.