Sam and the Firefly (Beginner Books(R))

Beautiful artwork, but the story and the writing was nowhere as good as that of PD Eastman's other books for children. Try Are You My Mother? and Flap Your Wings -- they are amazing books and every child who I've lent these to has loved them.

Gefällt uns sehr gut. Die Bilder sind nicht sehr farbenfroh aber die Geschichte erzählt von einem Glühwürmchen das Wörter in die Luft schreibt und somit verschiedene Streiche spielt....

Fast shipping. This hardcover book is a cute story to read together with your young ones. I ordered it for my GodSon, as he is named Sam :)

This was my dad’s favourite book as a child. I was so excited when I was able to gift it to him from my daughter for his birthday. It is now one of their favourite books to read.

Still loved by all children who read it. It now belongs to my grandson. He lives in Barbados and can now take it to school out there to read to the other children who I am sure will appreciate it. I did not imagine I would ever see it again but thanks to Amazon I have been able to find all my childrens old books including brilliant Johnny Crow's Garden. All the memories come flooding back. Thank you Amazon.

I was able to get a super clean original printing of this on here. It was almost exactly the same as the copy I remember looking at in the late eighties at my grandparents' house outside of Erie, PA (that copy was probably twenty or so years old at that time). Just like the Ten Highly Effective Habits of People or that book about God that people use in church, this deceptively thin children's book contains pretty much everything you need to understand how the world works. There are responsible people in the world (Sam the Owl) and then weird free spirits who are always pushing the limit (Gus the Firefly). The free spirits are the ones who make art, music, and mislabel "hot dogs" as "cold dogs" while the responsible people have to come around and pump the others' stomachs, keep the infrastructure together, and help the free spirits escape from the sealed mason jars of hot dog chefs. The only way the world works and society progresses is with both types of people and that's really a wonderful story for kids when you think about it. If I had kids, I'd be reading this book to them at night along with One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. The colors in this book are beautiful,comprising a distinctive blue and black (always reminded me of a jazz album cover) accented with hits of yellow moonlight and bioluminescence. Just a gorgeous, fun read all together, and makes me think back to childhood when I would alternate back between which character I liked more. As a kid I generally, though not always, veered towards Gus, but became a Sam as I got older.