Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Children, Children 9-12 Years, Children's Non-Fiction, Local Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9781779890153
Published: July 2025
Imprint: Struik Nature
Page Extent: 80
Format: Paperback
RRP 200.00

Kids’ Spiders of Southern Africa

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About the book

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of southern African spiders – they come in all shapes and sizes, and are more colourful and clever than you think! This jam-packed children’s book unpacks where spiders live, what they eat, how they hunt, what venom they have and how they protect their babies. Striking macrophotography showcases the world of spiders like never before. Meet a spider that spits sticky silk, one that hides in seashells, another that pretends to be an ant . . . and over fifty more – from the familiar Daddy Long Legs to exotic-looking Flower Crab Spiders, spiky Hedgehog Spiders and well-camouflaged Bark Spiders. Sales points: Third title in a popular children’s book series. Covers over 50 of southern Africa’s most common and...

About the Author

Rudi Steenkamp

Rudi Steenkamp

Rudi Steenkamp is die voorsitter van die Spider Club of Southern Africa. Hy is ’n spinnekopliefhebber en makrofotograaf wat graag mense oor die interessante gewoontes van spinnekoppe leer.

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