The spider's gift : a Ukrainian Christmas story / retold by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Katya Krenina.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Holiday House, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0823417433 (hardcover)
- 9780823417438 (hardcover)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2094 K49 | Available | 33111006441824 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Katrusya is devastated that her family cannot afford Christmas presents this year, but it simply wouldn't be Christmas without a tree. She soon finds the perfect one in the deepest part of the forest and decorates it with homemade ornaments. But the next day the tree is crawling with spiders! Luckily, Katrusya convinces her mother not to throw the tree away. When the family returns from church that evening, they discover that the spiders have left a dazzling Christmas miracle.
Katrusya's family cannot afford Christmas, but they cut a small pine tree in the forest, decorate it with buttons, and, when baby spiders hatch in its branches, they especially enjoy the silvery webs that appear.