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Adorable Sam-my Spi-der is back and this time he is learn-ing the Eng-lish alpha-bet by con-nect-ing each let-ter to a Jew-ish con-cept or hol-i-day. Sam-my watch-es Josh and his fam-i-ly observe the tra-di-tions and the spe-cial days of the Jew-ish year and learns his Eng-lish let-ters through liv-ing life accord-ing to the Jew-ish cal-en-dar; start-ing with A which rep-re-sents the ubiq-ui-tous Rosh Hashanah apple, con-tin-u-ing with B, which stands for the many bless-ings in Jew-ish life, all the way through the Z in the cen-ter of the word mitzvot, which trans-lates to commandments. There's a notable focus on the impor-tance of Israel (F is for falafel, J is for Jerusalem, N is for Negev) which reminds Amer-i-can kids of the cen-tral-i-ty of Israel with-in Judaism. The col-or illus-tra-tions are eye-catch-ing and appeal-ing, show-ing lots of bright eyes and hap-py smiles. A short author's note, which pre-cedes the text, focus-es on learn-ing the alpha-bet and explains devel-op-men-tal-ly appro-pri-ate stages. It notes that each page fea-tures its theme let-ter in both upper-case and low-er-case forms. A short after-word dis-cuss-es the his-to-ry of the Eng-lish and Hebrew alphabets. -- Website (6/20/2022 12:00:00 AM)

Adorable Sam-my Spi-der is back. -- (6/20/2022 12:00:00 AM)

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Sylvia A. Rouss is an award-winning author and early childhood educator, and the creator of the popular Sammy Spider series, celebrating its 25th anniversary with over half a million Sammy Spider books sold. She lives in California. Katherine Janus Kahn studied Fine Arts at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem and at the University of Iowa. She has illustrated many children's books including Kar-Ben's popular Sammy Spider series. She lives in Wheaton, Maryland.

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