Description: On Christmas Eve a kindly mother spider weaves a special gift for a poor peasant woman and her family. Based on an old Ukrainian tale.
Brief description:
Trinka Hakes Noble is the award-winning author of numerous picture books including The Orange Shoes (2007 National Parenting Publications Awards Honors Winner), The Scarlet Stockings Spy (2005 IRA Teachers' Choice), The Last Brother, and The Legend of the Cape May Diamond. Ms. Noble also wrote the ever-popular Jimmy's Boa series and Meanwhile Back at the Ranch, both featured on PBS's Reading Rainbow. Her many awards include ALA Notable Children's Book, Booklist Children's Editors' Choice, IRA-CBC Children's Choice, Learning: The Year's Ten Best, and several Junior Literary Guild Selections. Ms. Noble currently lives in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
Review Quotes: Costanza's richly colored illustrations, rendered in what look like pastels, lend a magical wintry atmosphere to this Ukrainian folktale retelling (modified from A Christmas Spider's Miracle, published in 2011).--Kitty Flynn "The Horn Book Review" (11/1/2026 12:00:00 AM)