About this title: Sammy the seal escapes from the zoo where he lives and explores life in the big city. Three-color illustrations accompany the text of this beginning reader book.
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Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Hoff, Syd. Fair. No Jacket. Fair. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A good solid copy with secure binding and intact pages. Some scribbling in crayon on endpapers and last page but page is very readable. Two corners are bumped and there are a couple of dents along edges. Creasing to top and bottom of spine and some discoloration to covers from age. 64 pages. read more
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Hoff, Syd. Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A good solid copy with secure binding and clean, intact pages. Creasing to top and bottom of spine and light scuffing along edges and corners. Part of the Weekly Reader "I Can Read" series. Summary "Sammy the seal was unhappy at the zoo. Then he saw some children going to school. I will go too, Sammy said. But will the teacher let a seal stay in school? " read more
Edition: Book club
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 1959
ISBN-13:9780060225261ISBN:0060225262
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Library binding. Cloth over boards. I Can Read Books (Harper Hardcover). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780064442701ISBN:0064442705
Description: Hoff, Syd. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. I Can Read-Level 1 (Quality). Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row,
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No Jacket. 64 pp. Cover shelf worn, stain in bottom corner. Prior owner name written on first page and back cover. Interior text clean, tight and crisp. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780064442701ISBN:0064442705
Description: Hoff, Syd. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. I Can Read - Level 1 (Paperback). Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780064442701ISBN:0064442705
Description: Hoff, Syd. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. I Can Read - Level 1 (Paperback). Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780064442701ISBN:0064442705
Description: Hoff, Syd. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. I Can Read - Level 1 (Paperback). Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
"I actually never read any of Syd Hoff's books until I picked this up at Barnes & Noble to read it to my niece at the store.
Sammy the Seal is a fun book about a seal who lives in a zoo, and he wants to see what's outside the zoo. Mr. Johnson, the zookeeper, lets Sammy the seal out of his cage (what?!) so he can explore the city. He wanders the streets and observes people, jumps into a man's bathtub, and eventually ends up in an elementary school classroom. Although he enjoys his adventures, he realizes that he likes living in the zoo.
Syd Hoff's art is simply amazing. I love the simplicity of his characters. He's probably one of my favorite children's illustrators, up there with Margaret Bloy Graham and Roy McKie."
"This is probably truly the first favorite book I ever had. I like this book so much that I read it to my daughter's Kindergarten class when I was a Mom Reader...
I remember reading it as a kid and laughing everytime...moral of the story, there's no place like home.
Now I collect Syd Hoff books. Strangely enough, I named my daughter Sydney...not after the author, though :)"
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