Sylvia Rouss, Author Kar-Ben Publishing $0 (1p) ISBN 978-0-929371-81-8
In this seasonal follow-up to Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah, the eager arachnid's mother teaches him to make a web when theirs is laid waste by a ``monster''--a broom being used to ready the Shapiros' home for Passover. Though Sammy becomes...
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Sylvia Rouss, illus. by Ari Binus. Behrman House/Apples & Honey, $9.95 paper (36p) ISBN 978-1-68115-504-3
Rouss takes a break from her Sammy Spider series to recount a midrash story of the future King David's encounter with a spider. While tending sheep, the boy uses a spider's web for target practice, destroying it with his sling. After the spider,...
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Sylvia Rouss, Author, Holly Hannon, Illustrator Simcha Media Group (NJ) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-930143-48-7
On the heels of The Littlest Pair's winning the 2002 National Jewish Book Award in the picture-book category comes The Littlest Candlesticks, another title in the Littlest series by Sylvia Rouss, illus. by Holly Hannon. Couplets describe a girl's
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Sylvia Rouss, Author, Katherine Janus Kahn, Illustrator Kar-Ben Publishing $7.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-929371-82-5
In this seasonal follow-up to Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah, the eager arachnid's mother teaches him to make a web when theirs is laid waste by a ``monster''--a broom being used to ready the Shapiros' home for Passover. Though Sammy becomes...
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Sylvia Rouss, Author, Katherine Janus Kahn, Illustrator Kar-Ben Publishing $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58013-007-3
Only very young children will appreciate simple lessons of this book that explains the Shabbat from a spider's point of view. While watering the flowers in his mother's garden one Friday morning, Josh breaks Sammy the spider's web. When Sammy asks...
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