Sammy the Seal (I Can Read! - Level 1 (Quality))

Syd, Hoff

4.09

6,379 ratings by Goodreads

9780061335402: Sammy the Seal (I Can Read! - Level 1 (Quality))

ISBN 10: 0061335401 ISBN 13: 9780061335402

Publisher: HarperFestival, 2007

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Read along with your favorite I Can Read Book characters!

I Can Read Books are the premier line of beginning readers encouraging children to learn--and love--to read. Featuring award-winning authors and illustrators, I Can Read Books offer a full spectrum of entertaining stories for every stage of a child's reading development.

Now the beloved characters and adventures from this popular line of books come to life with I Can Read Book and CDs. Each package includes a best-selling beginning-reader storybook and a lively audio recording featuring:

Word-for-word narration
Music and sound effects
One version with turn-the-page signals
One version of uninterrupted reading

In Sammy the Seal, Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do--and he even learns to read!

"So funny and so original that it promises to be one of the most successful books in this best-selling series."(Publishers Weekly)

Sammy the Seal is another hilarious, original story by Syd Hoff, the celebrated author of Danny and the Dinosaur. This Level One I Can Read is perfect for shared reading with a child.

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Review:

..". so funny and so original that it promises to be one of the most successful books in this best-selling series."-- "Publishers Weekly""Syd Hoff matches a tongue-in-cheek story to his brash pictures in a lively story for beginning readers."-- "School Library Journal"

About the Author:

Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous children's books, including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal, The Horse in Harry's Room, and the Danny and the Dinosaur books. Born and raised in New York City, he studied at the National Academy of Design. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. His work also appeared in many other magazines, including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post, and in a nationally syndicated daily feature.

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