I will also be at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, New Jersey 07670 on Friday December 9 and the Central Synagogue,652 Lexington Avenue at 55th Street, New York City for Tot Shabbat on Saturday December 10.
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Sammy Spider Gets His Hebrew Name
Sammy Spider, a huge stuffed animal and the subject of several Jewish children’s books, spent the month visiting the preschool. “Sammy’s mother told Sammy that spiders spin webs, they do not get a Hebrew name,” Rabbi Bernstein said. But at Temple Torah, “Where every living creature — even stuffed ones…
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A Shavuot Blintz Souffle and a Chance to Win Sammy Spider’s First Shavuot Who wants to Win an autographed copy of award winning author Sylvia Rouss’s Sammy Spider’s First Shavuot?
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Spiders, Frogs, Oh, My: Author Sylvia Rouss Tries to Engage, Comfort Children Published: April 11, 2011 Children’s books by Sylvia Rouss lately have fascinated my toddler and me. As Passover approaches, we are reading Sammy Spider’s First Passover. And Sammy Spider’s First Haggadah will take center stage at our first…
Read MoreBank Street College of Education Chooses Sammy Spider
The Children’s Book Committee of the Bank Street College of Education was founded almost 100 years ago to help parents, teachers, and librarians choose the books that children will find captivating and transforming. One of the most comprehensive annotated book lists for children, aged infant-16. The Committee reviews over 6000…
Read More“Children are sure to start wondering what their pets are thinking”
“Mitzvah the Mutt” does something that I have long been wishing for as a librarian at a Jewish day school. It tells a story that has Jewish content, without being excessively didactic. In the process, it tells a wonderful story about a family and their delightful dog. The author, Sylvia…
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