Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah (Sammy Spider's First Books)

Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah (Sammy Spider's First Books)
by Sylvia A. Rouss

Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah (Sammy Spider's First Books)
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Author: Sylvia A. Rouss
Illustrator: Katherine Janus Kahn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-10
ISBN: 0929371461
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
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Book Review: Sammy lives in a home that really exists!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is absolutely the most wonderful book for introducing children to the holiday. I have read it to and with first and second-grade children for years as a teacher. The children are so enchanted and just LOVE chiming in after they "get" the pattern. They "incidentally" learn their ordinal numbers (first, second, third) as part of the fun. They just love Sammy and his mother and totally relate to his wishes for a dreidl! Then they are soooo happy that he gets his wish. A really heart-warming and beautifully illustrated story.

I bought this book at Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They have recreated a colonial village with actual homes that existed long ago. The Shapiro house is there! The Shapiro's were among the first Jewish settlers in America. When you visit Strawberry Banke, there are actors/guides in the homes, so we got to tour the home and speak with "Mrs. Shapiro" as she cooked her family's dinner. Though we searched and searched for Sammy, my daughter and I decided that he must have been hiding that day.

Summary of Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah (Sammy Spider's First Books)

Sammy watches longingly as Josh Shapiro lights another candle and receives a brightly-colored dreidel each night of Hanukkah. "Spiders don't spin dreidels, spiders spin webs!" Sammy's mother reminds him. Then on the last night, Sammy gets his own spinning surprise. Full color.

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