Sid and Sam
By (Author) Zehra Hicks
Andersen Press Ltd
Andersen Press Ltd
2nd July 2025
3rd July 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care: Dogs
823.92
Hardback
32
Width 243mm, Height 286mm
A deeply moving story of Sid the dog losing his beloved owner Sam, and finding a new kind of happy. Sid loves his best friend and owner, Sam. They share a happy life together, playing, snoozing, and meeting friends like Sophie and her mum in the park. Sid is sure that these good times will last forever, but he soon starts to notice that Sam isnt quite himself. One morning, Sid wakes up to find that Sam isnt there. Sid feels sad and lonely, but can Sophie help him be happy again A gentle and ultimately uplifting introduction to life after loss, told through the eyes of a loyal dog.
Zehra Hicks is a tutor at Chelsea College of Arts, where she completed a Short Course in Book Illustration in 2009. Since then, she has been highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Illustration, nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and shortlisted for the Read It Again! Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award. Zehra lives with her family in Epsom, Surrey.