Stella introduces Sam to the fun of playing in the snow.

Stella tries to help her little brother Sam get dressed, but Sam has ideas of his own.

Stella and Sam spend a night outside, listening to unfamiliar noises and watching the sky. Sam, as always is full of questions: Where does the sun sleep? Does the moon have wings? Stella, as always, answers with her own quirky wisdom and inventiveness.

"What are you doing, Sam?" calls Stella. Sam and his dog, Fred, are creating joyful havoc throughout the house. Be it snorkeling in the bathtub, teaching Fred to read or roll over, or cooking up a pancake feast, they are having a marvelous time. Of course, Stella joins in the fun as she observes the inventive antics of Sam and his beloved companion. In this wonderful addition to the Stella and Sam series, Marie-Louise Gay has created another charming...

In the first new Stella book in four years - in a series that has sold two million copies in ten languages - Stella introduces little brother Sam to the pleasures of reading. Sam is as busy and worried as ever, and Stella almost always has her nose in a book these days, but she finds time to help him out, while sharing her new pastime with contagious enthusiasm. Sam has gathered a wagonload of branches to build a doghouse for Fred, and he wonders...