A young spider discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being a spider, including how to spin webs and avoid vacuum cleaners.

The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt as well as seen.

"This fresh and very funny non-fiction picture book shares lots of fascinating facts about spiders in an entirely captivating way. If I'm Trying to Love Spiders doesn't cure your spider phobia, it'll at least make you appreciate how amazing they are...and laugh a lot as you learn about them."--

Illustrations and text provide a close-up look at the physical characteristics and habits of twelve different spiders and daddy-longlegs.

Introduces the small to medium-sized spider which has excellent eyesight, hunts on the ground, and lives all over the world including in the Arctic and on high mountains.

The itsy bitsy spider encounters a fan, a mouse, a cat, and a rocking chair as she makes her way to the top of a tree to spin her web.

Discusses how to collect spiders for observation and how to care for them before releasing them.

Text and photographs look at wolf spiders.

When lonely Miss Spider tries to host a tea party, the other bugs refuse to come for fear of being eaten!

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of spiders and provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping spiders.