Sussman, Susan

Robin wants a Jewish Christmas tree like her classmate, but her grandfather teaches her to honor cultural differences while taking pride in one's own.

Amateur sleuth Morgan Taylor becomes involved in a murder investigation when she goes to try out for a part in a Chicago stage production and finds her auditioning partner dead on the floor of the theater bathroom.

Presents commonly held beliefs abouts bats, tarantulas, snakes, porcupines, and other animals and then explains the surprising truths.

Describes organisms that live together in mutual dependence, such as the African buffalo and the red-billed oxpecker, the protozoan and the honeyguide, the sea anemone and the boxing crab, and the acacia bush and the ant.

Eight short stories depict eight contemporary Jewish families in different countries celebrating the holiday.

A wise, understanding grandfather helps Robin, a Jewish child, cope with Christmas; not an easy task when even Sandy, who is also Jewish, is allowed to have a Christmas tree and Robin can't have one.