The Williams Family and MJ the Red Knee Tarantula: Encouraging kindness and respect for all animals in nature, even if they are hairy and scary (The Williams Family Animal Tale of Tails) - Softcover

Williams, Jennifer Foreman De Grassi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1094672114 ISBN 13: 9781094672113

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

Book number 9 is about a red knee tarantula we named MJ, for Michael Jordan, because tarantulas are notorious jumpers! Was he docile enough to hold? Would he jump at me, or simply crawl up my hand? Would I panic and try to shake him off of my arm if he started crawling toward my face? Would he escape into our home (like the snakes we rescued) and not be found, or discovered in the dark of the night at the top of my pillow? MJ was a curiosity for everyone who came to see him, and certainly a beautiful guy that taught us so much about the respect all living things deserve, and that they never ask to be taken from the wild. Red knee tarantulas are considered near threatened by climate change, local farming, and the pet trade. In the United States only captive grown spiders are allowed to be sold. As friends were introduced to MJ, the newest rescue at our home, I can hear myself repeating, “Be kind. Be kind.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1094672114
• ISBN 13: 9781094672113
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 42
• Illustrator: Kelly Bobbi