Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

by Jessica Lanan (Author) Jessica Lanan (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

From critically acclaimed illustrator of The Lost Package comes a bold nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider - meticulously researched and utterly charming.

What if you were...

  • Small as a bean,
  • Could walk on the walls and ceiling,
  • Sense vibrations through your elbows,
  • And jump five times your body length?

That is Jumper's world.

Open this book to discover the vibrant, hidden life of a backyard jumping spider.

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Hardcover
$19.99

Kirkus

Starred Review
★ Readers will leap for this magnificent glimpse at a most marvelous arachnid.

Hornbook

Lush and dramatic.

Review quotes

"Simple but cinematic...satisfyingly dramatic." - BCCB

Jessica Lanan
Jessica Lanan is a children's book author and illustrator who created her first picture book at age eight. After graduating college, she took a set of travel watercolors on a year-long trip around the world and inadvertently began her illustration career. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781250810366
Lexile Measure
560
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication date
April 11, 2023
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF003120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
JNF051100 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Science & Ecosystems
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Spiders
Jumping spiders

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