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242
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~4h 2min
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About Author

Emily Arnold McCully

Emily Arnold McCully (born July 1, 1939) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's books. She won the annual Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration in 1993 recognizing Mirette on the High Wire which she also wrote.

Description

Big Brother and Big Sister tell Sam he is too small to play with them, but when they need help Sam saves the day.

How the series evolves

beginning
Sam and the big kids
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peak
Is that a cat?
4.0· best book in series
finale
A hippo in our yard
0.0· messes up the ending
overall
0.5· maybe series needed more care

Books in this Series

Sam and the big kids

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Big Brother and Big Sister tell Sam he is too small to play with them, but when they need help Sam saves the day.

3, 2, 1, go!

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Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead. Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min flies over it instead.

Sick Day

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Emily's father takes care of everything the day she has a "stomach ache in her head."

Min makes a machine

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One very hot day, Min, a budding engineer, builds a machine that draws water from a well and into a swimming pool.

Pip sits

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Pip the porcupine sits on a nest of eggs, and when they hatch, the chicks think Pip is their mother.

Is that a cat?

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Several animals, an elf, and a bird-watcher are searching for different things, but find each other--and a party--instead.

Pete won't eat

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Pete the pig does not want to eat his slop, but cannot go out to play with his brother and sisters until he does.

Pete likes Bunny

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When Bunny joins Miss Pooch s class, Pete can t stop staring at her. He thinks about Bunny all the time even when he s eating dinner and when he s brushing his teeth.

Pete makes a mistake

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Distracted by his friends, Pete the pig forgets to give Gert an invitation to Rose's party, which causes many hurt feelings--but only temporarily.

The big fib

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After playing with Miss Finn's discarded boxes and making a mess, her young neighbors first lie about their misdeed and then make things right.

Late Nate in a race

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Always late Nate who likes to go slow surprises everyone at the race.

Little Ducks Go

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Mother Duck is on the run trying to keep her ducklings safe.

A hippo in our yard

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When Sally informs her mom that there is a hippo in the yard, Sally's mother is dismissive. "I don't think so, dear," she tells her daughter, barely looking up from her lunch. "I will give it some lettuce," Sally says, grabbing a leaf from her mom's bowl. Hippo is happy, but now the tiger in the tree is hungry. Sally's father is also disbelieving, so Sally just feeds the big cat some tuna. As with her parents, Sally's sister is unmoved by her tale of zebras in the garage, and even Nana refuses to set her knitting aside when Sally tells her about bears in the hammock. Meanwhile, the phone rings, and the family is in for a shock. Zoo animals are on the loose! A frantic search finds Sally atop a hippo in their yard, along with several other satisfied animal friends.