Sam and the Dog is a story for Reception and Year 1/P1-2 for guided and independant reading. This book is part of Story Street. RRNN Book Band.
Large shaped board book. 1-3 yrs.
The book is dedicated to my mother who loved her dogs and always allowed us to have a canine pet. This book should be read aloud with children to maximize their learning experience.
Dick Frizzell is one of New Zealand's best known artists and illustrators and here he turns his talents to his wife Judy's heart-warming story of Sam, an old sailor who lives alone in an old tramcar by the sea.
Follows the World War I experiences of Stanley, who upon joining the war effort to escape his father is assigned to the experimental War Dog School, where he trains a Great Dane with whom he attempts to find his missing soldier brother.
Kix and Emilia adopt a stray dog and name him Sam, even though their parents say they cannot keep him, but then Sam's original owner is looking for him.
"--Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times "[Savage] creates one of the most intriguing stories--and one of the most vivid characters--that this reader has encountered this year.
' L.B.Johnson, author of The Book of Barkley.
Against all odds, the pair excels, and Stanley is sent to France. But in Soldier Dog by Sam Angus, the war in France is larger and more brutal than Stanley ever imagined.
Sam, the detective dog, joins his friends Jennie and Beth in an investigation of a mummy in search of his missing shaggy white dog.
Sam The Dog