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I purchased this audio cassette for my two boys to listen to on our cross country road trip. We loved this story about the grumpy sammyead who granted wishes always with an unexpected twist. This story is set in Victorian England and the main characters are children who have been left with their nanny over a weekend. What a weekend they had! They uncover the sammyead who has been sleeping since dinosaurs roamed the earth in a local quarry. He is obligated to grant wishes and often gives advice that the children just don't heed when saying "I wish......". We were sad to hear the story coming to an end. It kept us captivated until the end. No dirty language, no evil vs. good. Just fun and adventure from the turn of the century. I highly recommend this book for ages 6-12 (my boys were 8 & 11 at the time, and literary critics they are - they enjoyed it!).
