I spent last Sunday with a community of Sammy Spider’s friends at the Las Vegas J-Fest. I was joined by children and parents when I read Sammy Spider’s First Mitzvah and Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah. There was a special Sammy Spider craft activity. It was a beautiful day. Thanks to…
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Preschoolers Have Fun with The Littlest Pair
JEC Early Childhood Builds a Life-Sized Teiva Last Thursday the whole Early Childhood gathered together in the gym for an exciting teiva party! First Morah Lani Krausz, the director of Early Childhood, read “The Littlest Pair” by Sylvia Rouss, and the children called out the appropriate rhyming words. Then,…
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“Hanukkah Fable” is NOW available on Amazon
Every fable has a moral. On the last night of Hanukkah, a little dreidel learns the important lesson that true happiness comes from just being yourself. The plain wooden dreidel is unhappy that no one is playing the dreidel game. “Nobody notices me”, the dreidel complains to the beautifully lit…
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Sammy Spider’s Publisher has a Free Calendar for Teachers
Sammy Spider’s publisher, Kar-Ben, would like to send you a gift—a FREE Our Jewish Year Calendar Poster. This glossy, full-color 36×24 inch calendar has room for writing notes (student birthdays, assignment due dates or whatever else) and will take you from Rosh Hashanah through the end of the…
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My Newest Book is a Hanukkah Fable
“The Hanukkah Fable of Little Dreidel and Silver Menorah” My newest book is with my newest publishing partner. I am very pleased to work with MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing, a company that teaches “love and understanding by educating people about the beautiful differences in this world”. Their books are published in both…
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By the Better Angels of our Nature
A two-week road trip from Nashville to New Orleans, meant good food, good music and a first hand look at the racism of our nation. Visits to the National Civil Rights Museum and Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum vividly told the difficult story of African Americans in the United States.…
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