The spider's gift
Subtitle: a Ukrainian Christmas story
By: retold by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Katya Krenina.
Contributors: Krenina, Katya, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780823417438
Subjects: Christmas -- Folklore; Spiders -- Folklore; Folklore -- Ukraine
Genres: Folklore
Description: 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.