Stranger In The Woods: A Blue Marlin Publication Review

A Photographic Fantasy
Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick

Hardcover
List Price: $19.95
ISBN 0-9671748-0-5
All Ages

"The birds were the first to notice... Stranger in the Woods! Stranger in the Woods!"

In this poetic tale, beautifully illustrated entirely with wildlife photographs, the animals of the deep woods awake, after a winter storm, to the news of a stranger lurking in their midst. The deer, muskrat, mouse, rabbit, cardinal, porcupine, and many others sing a song of excitement about this strange, yet friendly creature with the carrot nose. And after the animals discover the feast this wondrous snowman has to offer, the children who built him vow to replenish their snowman's facial features until winter has long faded away.

Self-published by Sams and Stoick, this book is a toddler's nighttime dream. Stranger in the Woods has already won national recognition (the very prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award) for its attention to the finest photographic detail. The animals who live on these pages are so alive, I can hear their soft footsteps in the snow. And if that's not enough, the animal's
photographs are so perfect, my seventeen-month-old son chanted "off, off" as he attempted to peel them off the pages!