Written and illustrated by Jessica Lanan
Roaring Brook/Macmillan Kids, 2023
ISBN: 9781250810366
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.
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Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Honor, 2024
An ALA Notable Book, 2024
Winner of the 2023 Cybils Award for Elementary Nonfiction
Winner of the Golden Kite Honor for Picture Book Illustration
NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Book, 2024
A Junior Library Guild selection
Kirkus Best Book, 2023
Booklist Editor's Choice, 2023
Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2023
New York Public Library: Best Books for Kids, 2023
Chicago Public Library: Best Informational Books for Young Readers, 2023
Evanston Public Library: 101 Great Books for Kids, 2023
NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book, 2023
Science Friday: 2023's Best Science Books for Kids
A 2023 Nerdy Book Club Nonfiction Winner
Throughout, imagination has been harnessed to engage with the natural world without anthropomorphism [...] Readers will leap for this magnificent glimpse at a most marvelous arachnid.
An immersive exploration of a common jumping spider’s abilities and physical traits.
An exceptionally empathetic exploration of the natural world sure to inspire new arachnid allies.
...an accessible and thought-provoking title that connects readers to the world of a spider through engagement and education.
Taken from a spider’s p.o.v., it does this marvelous job of showing how the senses that we humans use to navigate the world are exceedingly different from those of your average little spider.
...a magical, beautiful, interesting, fascinating book that I think leads kids to want to read more, to know more... wow.
Simple but cinematic...satisfyingly dramatic.
Lanan asks readers to imagine what life would be like as a regal jumping spider as they learn about this creature’s traits and life cycle alongside a young girl who is observing one [...] Lush and dramatic.
An interview with spider scientist Paul Shamble about spiders, empathy, the research process behind the book, and the importance of noticing the little things in our backyards.
Color your own jumping spiders! Available as a PDF for printing at home or school.
Montessori-based spider anatomy activity for preK or early elementary. Includes instructions.
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