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    Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space
    Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space
    Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space
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    Nefertiti, the Spidernaut: The Jumping Spider Who Learned to Hunt in Space

    Written by Darcy Pattison

    Narrated by Greg Robinson

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    THE AMAZING VOYAGE OF NEFERTITI, THE SPIDERNAUT

    Most spiders spin a web and passively wait for prey to come to them. Jumping spiders, by contrast, actively hunt by jumping to catch their food. What if a jumping spider was sent to the International Space Station? When it jumped, it would simply float. No one knew if the spider could hunt in a weightless environment.


    This nonfiction picture book for elementary kids chronicles the amazing voyage of Nefertiti, the Spidernaut to the International Space Station and back. She’s a Phiddipus johnsonii, or Johnson jumping spider, native to western United States. Her colorful anatomy—red, black and teal—made for stunning photography and video. In 2012, Nefertitti clocked a record-breaking 100 days in space, during which time she circled Earth about 1584 times, traveling about 41,580,000 miles.


    Astronaut Sunita Williams, Captain U.S. Navy said, “It was a suspense story for me as it happened. I didn’t know if she would survive when I unpacked her for the first time, or when I packed her up and sent her back home to Earth.”


    This is an astonishing story of change: through the dark and cold, in spite of being weightless and isolated, this incredible spider adapted and learned to hunt. Against all odds, she survived to return to Earth, where she had to re-adapt to Earth’s gravity. Nefertiti’s story of survival brings hope that we, too, can adapt to a changing world.

    Join Nefertiti in this inspiring journey into space.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMims House
    Release dateOct 11, 2016
    ISBN9781629440880
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    Darcy Pattison

    DARCY PATTISON is the author of The River Dragon, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng, as well as the fantasy novel The Wayfinder. She teaches writing at the University of Central Arkansas. She lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas.<br>

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    • 5/5
      Darcy Pattison has written a wonderful and informative story about a spider who went to space.Nefertiti was a Johnson Jumping Spider. She was chosen because she was the largest of her siblings. They wanted to see if she could adapt to zero gravity to hunt in space. They sent along a food supply of fruit flies. She not only learned to hunt in space, but when she returned to Earth, she needed to learn to change her hunting methods. I never realized how smart spiders were until I read this true story. I believe, like all of Darcy’s books, this is another great book that should be in all classrooms.I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.