Carole Marsh

The Mystery of Tarantula Trap (Wildlife Mysteries) Carole Marsh

Tarantulas can be terrifying or are they really that bad?! Join Avery, Ella, Evan and Roo as they embark on an unexpected arachnid adventure! t the size of a dinner plate? Seriously?? When tarantula traps keep appearing (and disappearing!), the kids are drawn into a mystery they ll need all eight of their legs to solve!

Baffling clues abound and launch the kids into a spider web of mystery that requires-tech skills and high-gear to solve! Once you get tangled up in this mystery, you won t want it to end! Mystery books have always been a great higher-order, critical thinking genre, and the real kid characters in this series eagerly get into using high-demand Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) skills to solve each mystery!

In this mystery, there are additional pages filled with STEM materials you can use to learn about and solve problems such as:
1. Labeled diagram of a Mexican Red-Kneed tarantula
2. Impression your friends with your tarantula facts
3. Learn about the differences between insects and arachnids
4. Discover the etymology of tarantulas
5. Learn how to make a pitfall tarantula trap
6. Explore the average growth of Saguaro Cacti
7. Expand your knowledge of the amazing spider silk
8. Memorize the words and definitions in the glossary


This mystery is geared for boys and girls ages 7-14 and features bother and sister, Avery and Evan, who help their mystery book writer grandmother solve wildlife related mysteries. The Wildlife Mystery series has a strong focus on STEM.

The Mystery of the Tarantula Trap will incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! The Mystery of the Tarantula Trapwill have an assigned Accelerated Reader reading levels, points and quiz numbers, Lexile Measures, Fountas & Pinnell level and a Developmental Reading Assessment.