Attaboy, Sam!

Attaboy, Sam!
	First edition
Author	Lois Lowry
Audio read by	Bryan Kennedy
Illustrator	Diane de Groat
Language	English
Series	Sam Krupnik
Release number	2
Genre	Children's
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Publication date	April 1, 1992
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	116
Awards	Iowa Children's Choice Award
ISBN	978-0-395-61588-1
OCLC	779274949
LC Class	PZ7.L9673
Preceded by	All About Sam
Followed by	See You Around, Sam!
Website	http://loislowry.com/books-sam-krupnik-series/

Attaboy, Sam! (1992) is a children's novel by Lois Lowry. It is the second book in a series that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam.

Plot summary

When Mrs. Krupnik announces that she only wants homemade gifts for her birthday, Sam's older sister Anastasia decides to write their mother a poem, while Sam opts to make a perfume. He begins collecting various things that his mother says she likes the smell of, storing them in a grape juice bottle. However, as Sam collects more and more ingredients for the perfume—such as his father's pipe, chicken soup, locks of freshly-washed hair, yeast, and baby wipes—he realizes that the "perfume" is smelling worse and worse. Despite this, Sam continues making the perfume, hoping it will start smelling better.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews praised the book, describing it as "warm, lively, true to children's real inner lives, and laugh-aloud funny all the way."^[1] While a review in Publishers Weekly found the book generally enjoyable (in particular, praising the relationship between Sam and Anastasia), it wrote that the book's target age range was unclear, with Anastasia's subplot more fitting for older readers.^[2]

References

^ "Attaboy, Sam!". Kirkus Reviews. 1992-03-01. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
^ "Children's Book Review: Attaboy, Sam! by Lois Lowry". Publishers Weekly. 1992-04-27. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

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[1] "Attaboy, Sam!". Kirkus Reviews. 1992-03-01. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

[2] "Children's Book Review: Attaboy, Sam! by Lois Lowry". Publishers Weekly. 1992-04-27. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

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v t e Novels by Lois Lowry
The Giver Quartet	The Giver (1993) Gathering Blue (2000) Messenger (2004) Son (2012)
The Anastasia Series	Anastasia Krupnik (1979) Anastasia Again! (1981) Anastasia at Your Service (1982) Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst (1984) Anastasia on Her Own (1985) Anastasia Has the Answers (1986) Anastasia's Chosen Career (1987) Anastasia at This Address (1991) Anastasia Absolutely (1995)
The Sam Series	All About Sam (1988) Attaboy, Sam! (1992) See You Around, Sam! (1996) Zooman Sam (1999)
The Tates Series	The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline (1983) Switcharound (1985) Your Move, J.P.! (1990)
The Gooney Bird Series	Gooney Bird Greene (2002) Gooney Bird and the Room Mother (2005) Gooney the Fabulous (2007) Gooney Bird Is So Absurd (2009) Gooney Bird On the Map (2011) Gooney Bird and All Her Charms (2013)
Autobiographical	Looking Back (1998)
Other	A Summer to Die (1977) Here in Kennebunkport (1978) Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye (1978) Autumn Street (1980) Taking Care of Terrific (1983) Us and Uncle Fraud (1984) Rabble Starkey (1987) Number the Stars (1989) Stay! Keeper's Story (1997) The Silent Boy (2003) Gossamer (2006) The Willoughbys (2008) Crow Call (2009) The Birthday Ball (2010)