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by: Sylvia A. Rouss
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781580130653
ISBN: 1580130658
Label: Kar-Ben Publishing
Manufacturer: Kar-Ben Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: November 01, 2000
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 590917
Studio: Kar-Ben Publishing
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Sammy watches as the seasons pass and trees blossom, bear fruit, and shed their leaves. When Tu B'Shevat arrives, his spinning skills provide a gift for his favorite tree.
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Rating:  - A Book of Seasons
I don't know how the un-Jewish concept of a spider family became the mechanism for a series of books about Jewish holidays but my kids and their friends love them. This time Sammy learns about the holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the New Year of the trees.
In these books Sammy observes the human family and asks his mother what they are doing. The mother always seems to have the answer even if it doesn't concern spiders (they just spin webs). This time we watch the progression of the seasons ... Read More
Rating:  - More about the seasons trhan the holiday, but nice
This book in the Sammy Spider Jewish holiday series for small children (ages 4-6) is really more about the changes of the seasons than the festival of Tu B'Shevat itself, although the festival is mentioned. But since there really aren't too many other rituals associated with this holiday, the focus on tree-planting is appropriate. Sammy Spider watches his human neighbors, the Shapiros, celebrate with fruit and nuts (eating (a tradition for this holiday) and by planting a sapling (also traditional). ... Read More
Rating: - Around the seasons
Sammy Spider's lesson this time is on the seasons. He sees how the seasons affect the trees. Then in the end they celebrate Tu B'Shvat.
As usual, the pictures are colorful and add to the flavor of the story. But unlike the usual Sammy Spider fare, this book talks less about the holiday rituals (of which there are very few) and more about the world around Sammy that eventually leads to an appreciation of the holiday.
Missing are the funny ways Sammy gets caught while trying to get ... Read More
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