Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1988.įor information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016. Illustrations copyright © 1988 by Houghton Mifflin HarcourtĪll rights reserved. It holds up remarkably well upon reading it as an adult, but that might not be true if it weren't for the nostalgia value in having read it as a kid as well. (For instance, when Anastasia tells Sam they are moving, he holds very still and says, "I'm not moving!" which Anastasia interprets as him taking her side in not wanting to go live in the suburbs.)I would recommend this book to any young person. Readers of the Anastasia books will notice events and conversations becoming much more clear from Sam's very literal and logical point of view. Sam is remarkably self-aware for a newborn, which does not come off as terribly unrealistic, but rather an unique and fun. The story is told from Sam's point of view which is especially fascinating because it begins with Sam's birth. Lowry adds another dimension to her stories about the Krupnik family with this first volume in a series about Anastasia's extremely precocious younger brother, Sam.
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