Sammy, The Friendly Scarecrow

About the Book

A farmer and his wife make Sammy the scarecrow and put him in the cornfield to scare away the birds. The problem is that Sammy loves the birds and they love him because he is so friendly. When the farmer decides Sammy is the worst scarecrow he has ever made, the farmer´s wife decides that he will make a fine birdfeeder and moves him into their yard. If there is a moral, it is that in order to do a good job in anything, your heart must be in your work. The book is beautifully illustrated by Gillian Wells.

About the Author

Clara Stevenson is a graduate of Peirce Business College in Philadelphia and for a time was employed by the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education. Later, she was the Home Service Director of the Gloucester County New Jersey Chapter of the American Red Cross before working for several years at the General Offices of the Campbell Soup Company in Camden, NJ. Her own dream, long-deferred, was to write. She lives in southern New Jersey as she always has and is the author of The New Minister; The Devil’s Booth; Bits and Pieces; and Dreams and Desires as well as several children’s picture books including Osborne, the Literary Mouse.