When readers last saw Sammy, the Daschund with a penchant for adventure, he was heading to the big city to accept a job promotion.

The affable dog had bid a fond farewell to his favorite Charleston landmarks and his friends, and he'd packed a moving van in anticipation of a new chapter in his four-legged life.

It's been one year since Sammy made both his literary debut in Sammy's Last Week in Charleston and his move up the corporate ladder.

Readers have wondered how the little dog fared in the big city.

With the release of Sammy on Safari, the second book in The Adventure of Sammy the Wonder Dachshund series, readers discover that Sammy has little time to adjust to his cubicle before being dispatched to Africa on assignment.

Charged with dispelling an internet rumor that claims Africa is overrun with kangaroos, Sammy's quest for the truth leads him to befriend a variety of indigenous animals, including elephants, a zebra, a leopard, a gazelle, hyenas, a crocodile, a hippopotamus, a herd of giraffes, a rhinoceros, monkeys, and a lion.

It's a wild ride for the little dog from the Lowcountry!

For the more than 30,000 school children who heard author Jonathan Miller read Sammy's Last Week in Charleston during the 2008-09 school year and will be revisited by Sammy in the coming months, the new book teaches the importance of kindness and ignites a curiosity of the greater world.

Miller's classroom appearances also encourage students to create their own imaginative stories.

'Mr. Miller really inspired the children in my class to write and publish,' says Virginia Wannamaker, a teacher at Charles Towne Montessori School.

Wannamaker describes the Sammy books as 'beautifully and intricately illustrated.'

Miller, a native of Clover, S.C., who has called Charleston home since his graduation from the College of Charleston in 2001, used three pounds of construction paper, six cans of spray glue, 26 xacto-blades, and 11 pencils during the creation of Sammy on Safari.

'Our children were fascinated by the art work that accompanied the story,' says Florence Gibbs, media specialist at Charleston Progressive Academy.  

'They could not believe that Mr. Miller was able to create an entire picture from such tiny pieces of paper!'