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K-3
Illustrated by
Katherine Janus Kahn.
Curious Sammy the spider accidentally attends Josh's cousin Ben's bar mitzvah, where Sammy ends up on a piece of candy that is thrown at Ben after the service. Unsurprisingly, Sammy makes it back home safely. Accompanied by flat but colorful collage illustrations, the slight story does impart a few facts about this Jewish rite of passage.