Tarantula Don'ts: 20 Things You Should NEVER Do With a Giant, Hairy Pet Spider - Paperback

by R. D. London (Author)

Laugh and learn with this funny book for children ages 6-8, filled with rib-tickling moments and tarantula facts.

Learn how to take care of your pet tarantula by NOT following the author's advice
What happens when you take a clueless kid and get him a pet tarantula?

Find out in this hilariously illustrated book of misjudgments, mishaps, and outright mistakes.

Follow along as the young narrator:

• Takes his pet tarantula Terry on a trip to the pool.
• Gets his 8 eyes checked at the optometrist.
• Pits him in a UAFC (United Arachnid Fighting Championship) fight with his friend's scorpion.
• Tries to help his mom's diet by putting his shedded exoskeleton in her favourite bag of cookies.

And even more things you should NEVER do with a giant, hairy pet spider.

***For a limited time, when you buy the book, get a FREE downloadable PDF poster featuring 10 of the biggest "Don'ts" with the great artwork from the book***

Check out these great (and totally not made up) reviews!

"Terry looks good enough to eat"
-anonymous female tarantula.

"Not bad, but could use more hair"
-Curleyhair Tarantula

"I want a rematch!"
-My best friend's scorpion (not a chance).

"At first I was angry when I found Terry in my bag of cookies, but I lost 10 pounds since I can't even look at a bag of cookies, so now I'm not so mad."
-mom

Author Biography

R.D. London has been a teacher, a movie theatre manager, and a government database administrator. He currently lives in British Columbia, Canada with his wife and daughter and pet cat Diesel. He would like a tarantula, but if he bought one his daughter would kill him. He likes writing the kinds of books that would have made him read more growing up.