14th March Save a Spider Day; World Spider Day

Whatever title you give this day it is about valuing spiders for their role in the environment.

"Spiders help reduce insect populations significantly along with species like birds or ants. Without them, the world's natural environment would be severely unbalanced."

Except for a few poisonous spiders out of the more than 40,000 species of spiders around the world, spiders are practically not dangerous to humans.

We need to learn more about spiders so we can admire them rather than trying to eradicate them.

There are a multitude of nonfiction books that can help with this. Here's some the library has:

Spiders by Laura Marsh

I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

Spiders  by Valerie Bodden

Spiders  by Recca Gilpin

Up Close Spiders by Kathy Riley

But you do need to share some stories as well!

Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss

Aaaarrgghh! Spider!  by Lydia Monk

Frank the Seven-Legged Spider by Michaele Razi

Seaver the Weaver by Paul Czajak and the Brothers Hilts

Gizo-Gizo! by Emily Williamson

Any Anansi story...there are several, but this is an oldie and a goodie.

Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

There are more books about spiders listed here. If you still need convincing that spiders are wonderful you need to read Charlotte's Web by E.B. White.