Sam and his family live in a place called Sam-sam-sa-mara where everyones name is Sam and people and animals live together like there are no differences between humans and animals. The story begins with Sam and his family going shopping for new school clothes. Sam is on his way to school when he begins meeting tigers who want to eat him. He gives each tiger an item of his new clothing in exchange for his life. In the end, he tricks the tigers to quarrel with each other and gets his clothing back. The tigers are quarreling so violently that there bodies melt into a pool of golden butter that Sam's mother uses to make pancakes for all the neighbors.
I really liked this book because it tells of how a weak little boy outsmarted a big, strong tiger. The illustrations are very detailed. The tigers look as if they could pounce off of the page.
A few other books by Julius Lester are:
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