Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: Another Extraordinary Animal, #3
By Darcy Pattison and Valerie Tisnes
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Ages 7-10
2017 National Science Teacher's Association Outstanding Science Trade Book
2016-17 Alabama Camellia Children's Book Award reading list
Most spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders, by contrast, actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped, it would simply float. No one knew if the spider could hunt in a weightless environment.
This is an astonishing story of change: through the dark and cold, in spite of being weightless and isolated, this incredible spider adapted and learned to hunt. Against all odds, she survived to return to Earth, where she had to re-adapt to Earth's gravity. Nefertiti's story of survival brings hope that we, too, can adapt to a changing world.
Darcy Pattison
DARCY PATTISON is the author of The River Dragon, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng, as well as the fantasy novel The Wayfinder. She teaches writing at the University of Central Arkansas. She lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas.<br>
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Darcy Pattison has written a wonderful and informative story about a spider who went to space.Nefertiti was a Johnson Jumping Spider. She was chosen because she was the largest of her siblings. They wanted to see if she could adapt to zero gravity to hunt in space. They sent along a food supply of fruit flies. She not only learned to hunt in space, but when she returned to Earth, she needed to learn to change her hunting methods. I never realized how smart spiders were until I read this true story. I believe, like all of Darcy’s books, this is another great book that should be in all classrooms.I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.