Contents
Cover
About the Book
Title Page
Dedication
Spiders are . . . Beautiful
Spiders are . . . Amazing
Spiders are . . . Useful
Spiders are . . . Necessary
Spiders are . . . Brave
Fang-tastic Spider Facts!
About the Author
Also by Malorie Blackman
Copyright
The NOUGHTS & CROSSES sequence:
NOUGHTS & CROSSES
KNIFE EDGE
CHECKMATE
DOUBLE CROSS
NOBLE CONFLICT
BOYS DON’T CRY
THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES
TRUST ME
PIG-HEART BOY
HACKER
A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E.
THIEF!
DANGEROUS REALITY
THE DEADLY DARE MYSTERIES
DEAD GORGEOUS
UNHEARD VOICES
(A collection of short stories and poems, collected by Malorie Blackman)
LOVE HURTS
(A collection of short stories and extracts, edited by Malorie Blackman)
For younger readers:
CLOUD BUSTING
OPERATION GADGETMAN!
WHIZZIWIG and WHIZZIWIG RETURNS
GIRL WONDER AND THE TERRIFIC TWINS
GIRL WONDER TO THE RESCUE
GIRL WONDER’S WINTER ADVENTURES
BETSEY BIGGALOW IS HERE!
BETSEY BIGGALOW THE DETECTIVE
BETSEY’S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
HURRICANE BETSEY
MAGIC BETSEY
For beginner readers:
JACK SWEETTOOTH
SNOW DOG
SPACE RACE
THE MONSTER CRISP-GUZZLER
FANGS
AN RHCP DIGITAL EBOOK 978 1 448 19479 7
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This ebook edition published 2015
Copyright © Oneta Malorie Blackman, 1998
Illustrations copyright © Jamie Smith, 2015
First Published in Great Britain
Orchard Books 978 1 860 39734 9 1998
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For Neil and Lizzy,
with love as always.