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Rouss, Sylvia A.

Sammy Spider's First Day of School

32 pp. | Kar-Ben | March, 2009 | Library ISBN 978-0-8225-8583-1 $16.95 | Paper ISBN 978-0-8225-8584-8 $7.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn. Spider Sammy stows away in Josh's backpack, accompanying the boy to school. The students learn a lesson about the Jewish value of being kind to animals--put to the test once Sammy's spotted. The text is didactic but accessible; though it obviously depicts observant Jewish life, the story reaches beyond one particular audience. Brightly colored cut-paper illustrations are lively.
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn

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