Sammy In The Fall

It's fall. Sammy and his little horse, Hob, have a busy day picking apples, raking leaves, collecting nuts, and playing outside. Welcome, fall! Toddlers and preschoolers will love turning the half pages that hide and reveal Sammy and his friend Hob enjoying the season.

Giddy-up! A new book with half pages that hide and reveal how Sammy and his little horse Hob enjoy spring -- from the bestselling author-ilustrator of EVERYONE IS YAWNING!

It's summer. Sammy and Hob are going to have a fun-filled day under the sun.

Sammy Mountjoy, artist, rises from poverty and an obscure birth to see his pictures hung in the Tate Gallery. Swept into World War Two, he is taken as a prisoner-of-war, threatened with torture, then locked in a cell of total darkness to wait. He emerges from his cell transfigured from his ordeal, and begins to realise what man can be and what he has gradually made of himself through his own choices. But did those accumulated choices also begin to deprive him of his free will.

Yippee! It's snowing. Sammy and Hob are going to play outside. They will have lots of fun together. A book with half pages that hide and reveal how Sammy and his little horse Hob enjoy winter. For toddlers ages 30 months and up, with a focus on the child's world.

This extraordinary book draws you into Caltha Crowe's "never quit" efforts to help Sammy, a challenging but charming third grader, gain control of his behavior so that he, and his classmates, can learn. Caltha takes readers into her classroom through rich stories, complemented with personal journal entries. Through her sympathetic eyes, we experience Sammy's defiance, angry outbursts, and baffling responses to stress. Caltha's wisdom and kindness turn this book into the one you'll urge on colleagues, and you'll come away with strategies and structures you can use to help the Sammy in your own classroom.

Little Sammy and his tribe are indigenous to northern Scandinavia. They depend on reindeer for survival. When their reindeer magically disappear, their prospect for enduring the harsh forthcoming winter becomes grim. But Little Sammy remains hopeful; his Christmas wish is for the reindeer to return. Will his wish come true, or will his tribe be forced to brave the winter at the mercy of their unforgiving environment? In this exciting Christmas-time tale, Little Sammy learns the true value of appreciation.