As Sammy Spider and his mother watch Mrs. Shapiro make blintzes, Sammy learns what a recipe is. Later, when he learns from his loving mother that the blintzes are being prepared for the holiday of Shavuot, he sees Josh Shapiro carrying a little Torah scroll and finds out that the Torah is a recipe for life. As the latest in a popular series for Jewish preschoolers, it illustrations are some of the best, with bold shapes and colors using a variety of media. As an introduction to Shavuot, it is child-like and reverent, a holiday story to savor.