It was very interesting. And I, for one, think if they could change the book, they could learn something about sharing.

This story about Sam and Lisa is very simple and every day life, but still very cute. My son loves all the Sam books and this is one of his favorites. I can also recomend Sam's cookie and Sam's wagon.

Very simple book but still very cute. A real life story about two toodlers who refuse to share a car. My little 1 1/2 year old girl can every day relate to this charming story and it is absolutely her favorite book.

These translated Swedish books have a simple text with picture format. The pages are hard to turn for me let alone the little one, and the pictures are rough and unengaging. I am staying away from all of the Sam's titles.

In this episode, Sam is a bit ambivalent about using the potty, until there is competition for it from his doggie. The authors have an unusual ability to create humorous situations that can be comprehended and appreciated by the under 3 set.

These books are great for your littlest ones! The text in the Sam books are very simple, as they ought to be for very young children, but can easily be elaborated on by the adult reading aloud to little ones. I don't agree with the previous reviewer who found the pictures "rough and unengaging" - unengaging is the farthest description I could personally think of! The facial expressions are wonderful, and the pictures carry so much meaning and action in themselves, and they are tailored to very young children - the perspective stays the same, proportions are right etc so that little ones can easily understand the pictures and follow the events there.
In all their simplicity, these are brilliant little books, with just the right dose of adventure and fun in familiar settings for the youngest readers.
On a side note, the Sam books created a stir when they were first published in Sweden close to 20 years ago. They were written in "kids' speak", just the way our little ones speak, which some people protested against and claimed proper sentences were needed. Barbro Lindgren's answer was to publish the next one still written in kids' speak - with "translations" into proper adult language at the bottom of the page! The English versions are however written in proper sentences.
All in all, these books are great for starting a life-time love of reading.

This book was originally written in Swedish and takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia. To me, the story about Andrei was confusing.

Andrei remembers the house he lived in when he was in his mother's stomach. When she disappears, he is taken to a children's home. Here he meets a friend, Vova, who has never met his mother because she was a dog and only wanted puppies. Andrei and his little friend leave to find Andrei's mother. He remembers she wears a blue dress and has a barrette in her hair. I'm not sure how it ended, it was unclear to me.

Sweet watercolors illustrate the boys' journey through the bustling city.

Rosa is a spirited little dog who looks mostly like an anvil headed English bull terrier. She loves to chew things and will chew and swallow any object left in her path.

Her owner loves her dearly and will move mountains for her. When Rosa swallows one of her rubber squeaky toys, her owner has her admitted to a pet hospital where the dog undergoes surgery to remove the rubber toy.

Hospitals are frightening places for anybody of any age. To her credit, the author helps keep some of that fear at bay by having a dog patient as opposed to a human patient. Using this distancing technique makes it easier to laugh at the notion of a pet hospital (such places do exist) and cheer for the recovery of the avaricious little dog.