Sams has a lot of fans. They can look forward to a new book in mid-September. The Christmas edition is supposed to be about sausage chains in the Christmas tree, lots of presents and a whole horde of Samse.
For his 85th birthday, author Paul Maar is giving his readers a new Sams book. “The Sams and the Great Christmas Search” will be published by Oetinger Verlag on September 13, the publisher announced in Hamburg.
“I wanted to write a Sams story for a Christmas anthology. The story got longer and longer – until I thought: I can actually make a new book out of it,” said Maar about the eleventh Sams volume.
When asked whether his relationship with Sams has changed over the years – the first volume was published in 1973 – the author replies: “Not really. It has always stayed close to me.”
Sausage chains in the Christmas tree
Paul Maar, born in Schweinfurt in 1937, is one of the most successful German children’s and young adult authors. One of his most popular characters is Sams, who inspires audiences in books, films and at the theater together with Papa Taschenbier and Frau Rotkohl and lives like its inventor in Bamberg in Upper Franconia. With six million Sams books sold, Sams Paul Maars is the most successful children’s book series. According to the publisher, the new volume is about sausage chains in the Christmas tree, Christmas carols with saxophone accompaniment, lots of gifts and a whole horde of Samse. (dpa)