Sammy's Adventures [Perfect Paperback]

Lily Tang (Author, Editor, Illustrator)

Book Description

Sammy s Adventures is a children s story about a trip that a young duckling Sammy takes. Sammy is bored of the country life and decides to travel to the West Coast of the United States for some excitement. From the deepest lake in North America, to fun packed Disneyland, from exotic Hawaii to snow capped mountains in Lake Tahoe, Sammy had the time of his life. And of course you will have to read this book for yourself to find out how little Sammy managed to cross the vast Pacific Ocean!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Lily is a 12 year old who lives in Fremont, California. She enjoys doing many activities such as skiing, drawing, singing, reading and other things. When Lily grows up, she hopes to be an artist, or an architect. Lily really enjoyed writing and illustrating this book. She hopes you will have fun reading about Sammy!

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Aardvark Global Publishing Co., LLC; First Edition edition (January 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1427636001
• ISBN-13: 978-1427636003
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,296,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing picture book for a 12 years old author, January 21, 2009

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This review is from: Sammy's Adventures (Perfect Paperback)

We just returned from an overseas vacation and I wanted my daughter to write a story about the wonderful trip. So I searched the web and tried to see if there were already some good picture books written by girls of similar age so she can use as a sample. And there it was - the "Sammy's Adventures" written and illustrated by Lily Tang (12 yr old)!

When the book arrived a few days ago, we could not believe this indeed was done completely by a girl at such young age! Although the story was simple, joyful and with not-so-perfectly-smooth transition between the story lines, the pictures illustrated by the young author were very beautiful and details-oriented, with obviously a tremendous amount of artistic talents and love for life poured into each drawing.

The imagination of the author was very animated yet convincing, probably a reflection of many wonderful places the author herself had visited during her family vacations. It was quite creative that author inserted a handwritten letter to Sammy's mom in every page that showed the place he was visiting, which added a warm and joyful touch to the pictures and connected nicely with adult readers especially parents.

At the end of the Sammy's journey, several trip photos were demonstrated and that was a very natural and clever way to conclude the book. How many of us would not follow such a custom of showing friends and family the trip photos when we came back from a memorable vacation?

I would say this is definitely a very inspiring book for my daughter and hope she will learn greatly from it, not just how to draw and write, but how to transpire a common theme like a family vacation into something much more creative and endurable.