Others can't be content without seeing if there's something more, and that requires a journey into the unknown. Some people seem happy without ever questioning their lot in life.

Having experienced a different lifestyle, he knows the zoo is where he belongs. He's a favorite among the kids by day's end, but Sammy is ready to return home.

At recess Sammy proves to be a crackerjack volleyball player, whose knack for balancing the ball on his nose comes in handy. Any seal who can learn to read and write in a day is one smart animal. Spotting some kids entering school, Sammy casually infiltrates their ranks it takes time for the teacher to notice, but Sammy's earnestness persuades her to let him stay.

Sammy must learn a few lessons if he's to live alongside humans. The heat is a bit much, so Sammy searches for a pool to cool down in, but that's not so easy in the city: sidewalk puddles are too small, fountains are off limits, and no brownstone dweller wants to find a seal lounging in his bathtub. Utilities men work down inside the streets, and customers enjoy fine food and conversation at restaurants. The big city is brimming with things to see and do. Johnson agrees to let him leave for a while, and out he ventures into the human world. He wishes to explore beyond the zoo, to see what life is like for humans. The seals love the fresh fish he lobs into their enclosure, but Sammy seems downhearted. Johnson at the zoo feeds all his animals on schedule. Sammy the Seal is second perhaps only to the original Danny and the Dinosaur as Hoff's most beloved book. Seuss, Else Holmelund Minarik, Bernard Wiseman, Peggy Parish, Arnold Lobel, Cynthia Rylant, Doug Cushman, Tedd Arnold, Mo Willems.you name the author, and Syd Hoff probably wrote at least as many easy readers. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Syd Hoff is as closely associated with easy reader books as almost any author. His work also appeared in many other magazines, including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post, and in a nationally syndicated daily feature. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. Born and raised in New York City, he studied at the National Academy of Design. Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous children’s books, including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal, The Horse in Harry’s Room, and the Danny and the Dinosaur books.

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