Simple poetry and full color pictures bring to life the structure and the central concepts of the Shabbat service.

Sammy Spider watches longingly as Josh Shapiro lights another candle and receives another brightly colored dreidel each night of Hanukkah. Sammy's mother reminds him, "Spiders don't spin dreidels, spiders spin webs!" Then, on the last night, Sammy gets his own spinning surprise.

A young spider wants to join in as Josh and his mother bake hammantaschen, make a costume, and spin the grogger in celebration of Purim.

Sammy Spider learns about the festival of Sukkot by watching the Shapiro family build their sukkah.