
Sam wants to play, but no one in his family wants him around, not his mother, not his brother, not even his sister. Finally, when his father turns him away, Sam begins to cry, and only then does his family realize that Sam needs his own special job. The emotionally evocative...

Some books get better and better. Sam is a 'never-old' favorite.--School Library Journal. Ann Herbert Scott's text is one that transcends the boundaries of race and social class and the magnificent illustrations by Symeon Shimin capture a remarkable range of emotions.--The New...


