Don't You Feel Well, Sam?

by Amy Hest

Book Overview

Mama Bear finds a gentle way to make the medicine go down in another timeless tale about Sam and Mrs. Bear, the winsome stars of Kiss Good Night. Full-color illustrations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763610097
• ISBN13: 9780763610098
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.8" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Sam The Bear Is Back

Wonderful illustrations and a warm, loving story about a little bear and his mother on a cold & wintry night (you can almost hear the wind howl and the cold of the window panes from the pictures). Sam isn't feeling well and like most children doesn't want to take the medicine that will make him feel better. Lovely ending and makes you want to curl up by the fire with a good book and watch it snow. My personal favorite of the Sam books.

How to get the kids better

A fun story. Sam, a little bear, has a cough is nursing back to health and is trying to get him to take his medicine. She promises to let him stay awake and watch the snowfall if he has his medicine. I have three children and they all get a kick out of this book. They like to participate reading the book by imitating Sam's cough. None of them like taking their medicine and the two older ones can relate to the many bargains we've made with them just to get the spoonful of medicine swallowed.

A tender story about being taken care of when one needs it most

Don't You Feel Well, Sam? is an award-winning softcover children's picturebook, about a sick little bear plagued with coughing just as it's time for him to go to bed. When Mrs. Bear tries to give him medicine, the spoon is too big for his throat and Sam can't swallow it. But when Sam thinks about the coming snowfall, his excitement grows so high that he successfully gulps the syrupy medicine down. A tender story about being taken care of when one needs it most, and the special bond between mother and child, ideal for reading aloud to sick children or right before bedtime.

Don't, You Feel Well Sam?

I don't know about your children, but my hate medications. What a suprise when 2 years old Emi said "I will be brave like Sam" Since I got the book we don't struggle anymore with meds. What a relief.

Delightful story for wintertime

This is the short tale of Sam who his mother has discovered has a cough. Sam's mama patiently negotiates getting Sam to take his bad tasting cough syrup from the too big spoon. Then they snuggle in and wait for the snow to come. This a great story to read to your kids quietly before snuggling into bed on a cold winter night.