Zooman Sam

Zooman Sam (1999) is a children's novel by Lois Lowry. It is part of a series that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam.

Zooman Sam
First edition
AuthorLois Lowry
IllustratorDiane de Groat
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Sam Series
GenreChildren's novel
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
September 27, 1999
Media typePrint
Pages155
ISBN0-395-97393-7
OCLC40573222
LC ClassPZ7.L9673 Zo 1999
Preceded bySee You Around, Sam! 

Plot summary

It's Future Job Day at Sam's nursery school, and Sam, who has zookeeping aspirations, is thrilled when his teacher says he can tell the other children about a series of zoo animals: "For six weeks he could stand in front of the circle and feel that feeling of being the most interesting person in the room."

As always, the patient and loving Krupnik family stands by as Anastasia's irrepressible little brother struggles with a set of almost impossible goals.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews finds that "The plotting is leisurely, the story is slender, and a subplot about the training of the family dog barely registers." and "... the material runs out of steam before the novel ends." but "Fans of the Sam books may find satisfaction in the nicely foreshadowed but still unanticipated punch line."[1] Rob Reid spoke positively "It's a hilarious scene that will have the elementary-age crowd laughing."[2]

References
  1. "Zooman Sam". www.kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Media LLC. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. Reid, Rob (2004). Cool Story Programs for the School-age Crowd. American Library association. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-83-890887-7. Retrieved 2 May 2015.


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