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Books in Sam Krupnik Series series

  • All About Sam

    Lois Lowry

    Paperback (Yearling, Sept. 1, 1989)
    Everyone knows Sam Krupnik. He's Anastasia's pesty but lovable younger brother.This is Sam's big chance to tell things exactly the way he sees them. He has his own ideas about haircuts, nursery school, getting shots, and not eating broccoli. Sam thinks a lot about being bigger and stronger, about secret codes and show-and-tell.Make way for your little brother, Anastasia. Here for the first time is Sam Krupnik's life story. What a life!
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  • The Sam Krupnik Series: All About Sam; Attaboy, Sam!; See You Around, Sam!; Zooman Sam

    Lois Lowry, Bryan Kennedy

    Audio CD (Brilliance Audio, May 20, 2010)
    All About Sam: Everyone knows Sam Krupnik. He’s Anastasia’s pesky but lovable younger brother. This is Sam’s big chance to tell things exactly the way he sees them. He has his own ideas about haircuts, nursery school, getting shots, and not eating broccoli. Sam thinks a lot about being bigger and stronger, about secret codes and show-and-tell. Make way for your little brother, Anastasia. Here for the first time is Sam Krupnik’s story. What a life! Attaboy, Sam!: Sam Krupnik is at it again. This time he wants to make a special surprise perfume for his mother’s birthday. First he has to collect his mother’s favorite smells in Ziploc backs. He uses an old grape juice bottle to hold everything from chicken soup to his father’s pipe to a poop-smelling tissue from a baby’s room. Sam stashes all the smells in his toy box and won’t let his mother into his room. It’s really starting to stink in there. Still, Sam can’t wait for his mother to see and smell her birthday surprise. But Mrs. Krupnik isn’t the only one who’s in for a surprise. See You Around, Sam!: Sam Krupnik gets angry with his mother when she won’t let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house. He plans to run away to Alaska, where walruses have tusks that sort of look like fangs. As Sam stops at his neighbors’ houses to say good-bye, he gets a lot of advice and loads of stuff to carry along. After a while, his bag gets very heavy. The fangs smell and taste terrible. Sam feels miserable but wonders what will happen if he changes his mind about running away to Alaska. Zooman Sam: Sam Krupnik is all set for future Job Day at school. He already knows that he wants to be a zookeeper when he grows up. Sam’s mother and his sister, Anastasia, help him make a terrific costume to wear on Future Job Day. The trouble is that it’s so terrific, Sam wants to wear it all the time. Luckily, Sam’s teacher helps out by suggesting that he tell the class about a different animal each day. Sam likes being the center of attention, but can he keep on being Zooman Sam forever?
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  • Zooman Sam

    Lois Lowry, Diane De Groat

    Paperback (Yearling, March 13, 2001)
    Everyone's favorite little brother is back, dressed as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day.Sam Krupnik is all set for Future Job Day at school. He already knows that he wants to be a zookeeper when he grows up. Sam's mother and his sister, Anastasia, help him make a terrific costume to wear on Future Job Day. The trouble is that it's so terrific Sam wants to wear it all the time. Luckily Sam's teacher helps out by suggesting that he tell the class about a different animal each day. Sam likes being the center of attention, but can he keep on being Zooman Sam forever?
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  • The Sam Krupnik Series: All About Sam; Attaboy, Sam!; See You Around, Sam!; Zooman Sam

    Lois Lowry, Bryan Kennedy

    Audio CD (Brilliance Audio, May 20, 2010)
    All About Sam: Everyone knows Sam Krupnik. He’s Anastasia’s pesky but lovable younger brother. This is Sam’s big chance to tell things exactly the way he sees them. He has his own ideas about haircuts, nursery school, getting shots, and not eating broccoli. Sam thinks a lot about being bigger and stronger, about secret codes and show-and-tell. Make way for your little brother, Anastasia. Here for the first time is Sam Krupnik’s story. What a life! Attaboy, Sam!: Sam Krupnik is at it again. This time he wants to make a special surprise perfume for his mother’s birthday. First he has to collect his mother’s favorite smells in Ziploc backs. He uses an old grape juice bottle to hold everything from chicken soup to his father’s pipe to a poop-smelling tissue from a baby’s room. Sam stashes all the smells in his toy box and won’t let his mother into his room. It’s really starting to stink in there. Still, Sam can’t wait for his mother to see and smell her birthday surprise. But Mrs. Krupnik isn’t the only one who’s in for a surprise. See You Around, Sam!: Sam Krupnik gets angry with his mother when she won’t let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house. He plans to run away to Alaska, where walruses have tusks that sort of look like fangs. As Sam stops at his neighbors’ houses to say good-bye, he gets a lot of advice and loads of stuff to carry along. After a while, his bag gets very heavy. The fangs smell and taste terrible. Sam feels miserable but wonders what will happen if he changes his mind about running away to Alaska. Zooman Sam: Sam Krupnik is all set for future Job Day at school. He already knows that he wants to be a zookeeper when he grows up. Sam’s mother and his sister, Anastasia, help him make a terrific costume to wear on Future Job Day. The trouble is that it’s so terrific, Sam wants to wear it all the time. Luckily, Sam’s teacher helps out by suggesting that he tell the class about a different animal each day. Sam likes being the center of attention, but can he keep on being Zooman Sam forever?
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  • Sam Krupnik Series, The

    Lois Lowry, Bryan Kennedy

    MP3 CD (Brilliance Audio, Aug. 25, 2015)
    All About Sam: Everyone knows Sam Krupnik. He’s Anastasia’s pesky but lovable younger brother. This is Sam’s big chance to tell things exactly the way he sees them. He has his own ideas about haircuts, nursery school, getting shots, and not eating broccoli. Sam thinks a lot about being bigger and stronger, about secret codes and show-and-tell. Make way for your little brother, Anastasia. Here for the first time is Sam Krupnik’s story. What a life! Attaboy, Sam!: Sam Krupnik is at it again. This time he wants to make a special surprise perfume for his mother’s birthday. First he has to collect his mother’s favorite smells in Ziploc backs. He uses an old grape juice bottle to hold everything from chicken soup to his father’s pipe to a poop-smelling tissue from a baby’s room. Sam stashes all the smells in his toy box and won’t let his mother into his room. It’s really starting to stink in there. Still, Sam can’t wait for his mother to see and smell her birthday surprise. But Mrs. Krupnik isn’t the only one who’s in for a surprise. See You Around, Sam!: Sam Krupnik gets angry with his mother when she won’t let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house. He plans to run away to Alaska, where walruses have tusks that sort of look like fangs. As Sam stops at his neighbors’ houses to say good-bye, he gets a lot of advice and loads of stuff to carry along. After a while, his bag gets very heavy. The fangs smell and taste terrible. Sam feels miserable but wonders what will happen if he changes his mind about running away to Alaska. Zooman Sam: Sam Krupnik is all set for future Job Day at school. He already knows that he wants to be a zookeeper when he grows up. Sam’s mother and his sister, Anastasia, help him make a terrific costume to wear on Future Job Day. The trouble is that it’s so terrific, Sam wants to wear it all the time. Luckily, Sam’s teacher helps out by suggesting that he tell the class about a different animal each day. Sam likes being the center of attention, but can he keep on being Zooman Sam forever?
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  • The Sam Krupnik Series: All About Sam; Attaboy, Sam!; See You Around, Sam!; Zooman Sam

    Lois Lowry, Bryan Kennedy

    MP3 CD (Brilliance Audio, May 20, 2010)
    All About Sam: Everyone knows Sam Krupnik. He’s Anastasia’s pesky but lovable younger brother. This is Sam’s big chance to tell things exactly the way he sees them. He has his own ideas about haircuts, nursery school, getting shots, and not eating broccoli. Sam thinks a lot about being bigger and stronger, about secret codes and show-and-tell. Make way for your little brother, Anastasia. Here for the first time is Sam Krupnik’s story. What a life! Attaboy, Sam!: Sam Krupnik is at it again. This time he wants to make a special surprise perfume for his mother’s birthday. First he has to collect his mother’s favorite smells in Ziploc backs. He uses an old grape juice bottle to hold everything from chicken soup to his father’s pipe to a poop-smelling tissue from a baby’s room. Sam stashes all the smells in his toy box and won’t let his mother into his room. It’s really starting to stink in there. Still, Sam can’t wait for his mother to see and smell her birthday surprise. But Mrs. Krupnik isn’t the only one who’s in for a surprise. See You Around, Sam!: Sam Krupnik gets angry with his mother when she won’t let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house. He plans to run away to Alaska, where walruses have tusks that sort of look like fangs. As Sam stops at his neighbors’ houses to say good-bye, he gets a lot of advice and loads of stuff to carry along. After a while, his bag gets very heavy. The fangs smell and taste terrible. Sam feels miserable but wonders what will happen if he changes his mind about running away to Alaska. Zooman Sam: Sam Krupnik is all set for future Job Day at school. He already knows that he wants to be a zookeeper when he grows up. Sam’s mother and his sister, Anastasia, help him make a terrific costume to wear on Future Job Day. The trouble is that it’s so terrific, Sam wants to wear it all the time. Luckily, Sam’s teacher helps out by suggesting that he tell the class about a different animal each day. Sam likes being the center of attention, but can he keep on being Zooman Sam forever?
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  • Attaboy, Sam!

    Lois Lowry

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, April 27, 1992)
    In this second book about Anastasia Krupnik's younger brother, Sam concocts a perfume made of his mother's favorite smells to honor her request for only homemade gifts for her birthday.
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  • Attaboy, Sam!

    Lois Lowry

    Paperback (Yearling, July 1, 1993)
    Planning to give his mother a perfume made from her favorite smells, Sam Krupnik collects his father's pipe, chicken soup, and a soiled tissue from the baby and stashes everything in his toybox. Reprint.
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  • All About Sam

    Lois Lowry

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct. 24, 1988)
    Sam Krupnik finally gets to tell his version of life with his big sister, Lowry's popular Anastasia Krupnik.
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  • See You Around, Sam!

    Lois Lowry

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Oct. 28, 1996)
    Sam Krupnik, mad at his mother because she won't let him wear his newly acquired plastic fangs in the house, decides to run away.
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  • Zooman Sam

    Lois Lowry

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 27, 1999)
    It's Future Job Day at Sam's school, and Sam knows exactly what he wants to be when he grows up-a zookeeper, just like Zookeeper Jake in his favorite picture book. His mother and big sister, Anastasia, help Sam create a memorable costume-so memorable that Sam insists on wearing it long after Future Job Day has passed and the rest of his classmates are back in their regular clothes. Encouraged by Mrs. Bennett, his teacher, Sam embarks on a lengthy project to teach his preschool class about a zookeeper's responsibilities, and along the way learns just how difficult a job teaching is. As always, the patient and loving Krupnik family stands by as Anastasia's irrepressible little brother struggles with a set of nearly impossible goals. Children will delight in this latest story featuring the precocious and irresistible Sam.
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  • See You Around, Sam!

    Lois Lowry

    Paperback (Yearling, March 9, 1998)
    Sam Krupnik decides to run away to Alaska when his mother won't let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house. Sam stops at neighbors' houses to say goodbye and is given so much gear and information, he wonders if he's made the right choice.
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