# Sam, Bangs & Moonshine

**Author:** Evaline Ness
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**Age range:** 5–8
**First published:** 1966
**Page count:** 41
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780805003147`
**ISBN-10:** `0805003142`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/sam-bangs-moonshine
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between makebelieve and real life.

## Themes

- imagination
- existentialism
- philosophy
- education

## Where this book is assigned

### Caldecott Medal

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1967 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1967 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1967 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 1967 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)

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