{"product_id":"sammy-spiders-first-trip-to-israel-by-sylvia-a-rouss","title":"Sammy Spider's First Trip to Israel By Sylvia A. Rouss","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 22px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\" padding:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eKindergarten-Grade 2-As a stowaway in a boy's model airplane, Sammy joins the family's sightseeing trip in Israel and uses his five senses to experience the country. The writing is bland; the introduction to the country, superficial; and just how the spider manages to snorkel with Josh is not at all clear. The colorful cut-paper illustrations are stronger than the text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eAmy Kellman, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, PA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 4px; margin: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb background-color:=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\" padding:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eSylvia A. Rouss\u003c\/span\u003e is an award-winning author and early childhood educator, and the creator of the popular \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eSammy Spider\u003c\/span\u003e series, celebrating its 25th anniversary with over half a million Sammy Spider books sold. She lives in California.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eKatherine Janus Kahn\u003c\/span\u003e 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 \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eSammy Spider \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eseries. She lives in Wheaton, Maryland.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42254220918949,"sku":"978-1580130356","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-1580130356sp.jpg?v=1725093762","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/sammy-spiders-first-trip-to-israel-by-sylvia-a-rouss","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}