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Summary: Amos and Boris
Review: "Amos and Boris" is one of our family's favorites, bar none. The kids (ages 9 and 7) have hundreds of books, but none touches us the way this story does. All of Steig's work is exceptional, and this story is his crowning glory. A MUST READ!! I took it into the third grade classroom as a guest reader. At the end of the story, I asked the kids to raise their hands if they liked it. 27 hands shot up!
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Summary: Amos and Boris
Review: "Amos and Boris" is one of our family's favorites, bar none. The kids (ages 9 and 7) have hundreds of books, but none touches us the way this story does. All of Steig's work is exceptional, and this story is his crowning glory. A MUST READ!! I took it into the third grade classroom as a guest reader. At the end of the story, I asked the kids to raise their hands if they liked it. 27 hands shot up!
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Summary: A soft-hearted story about the meaning of friendship
Review: 'Amos and Boris' was my favorite book when I was in Kindergarten. It is now my children's favorite, too. The characters, Amos (a mouse) and Boris (a whale) learn about friendship, loss and love in a warm, comforting story. This is a book Mr. Rogers might read to his kids - but without the annoyance factor. The illustrations are peaceful, immpressionistic, and very grown up. Parents won't mind being asked to read 'Amos and Boris' night after night.
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Summary: Amos and Boris
Review: Amos is a mouse. Boris is a whale. Amos likes the sea andbuilds a boat... I still like this book even though I am 9. The textis excellent and the pictures add to the fun of the book. They enhance the reader's emotion toward the characters. I reccomend this book to my 4 year old brother and everyone else.
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Summary: FABULOUS
Review: As a mother of several small children and an author and illustrator myself, I can honestly say that this book is simply GORGEOUS. It's one of the most lovely and poignant stories about friendship that I've ever seen. M. Adilman
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Summary: An incredible book about friendship
Review: As far as I am concerned, William Steig should be given a Pulitzer Prize for his body of children's literature. I don't think any one author/illustrator has such a catalog of playful, meaningful, generous, witty, profound and literate books for young people. Amos and Boris is a distillation of all the great themes of life: friendship, courage, spiritual ecstacy, the question of an afterlife ("Would his soul go to heaven? Would there be any mice there?"), altruism and love. As weighty as these issues are, they are simply part of the fabric of the wonderful story; there is nothing ponderous or cobbed on, no subtext. Steig's genius lies in his ability to create stories that appeal equally to small children, and to their parents and grandparents -- they ring that true on all levels. The characters in this little book have become a part of my heart, as has William Steig. Don't miss it.
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Summary: "Bowling along under full sail"
Review: As far as I am concerned, William Steig should be given a Pulitzer Prize for his body of children's literature. I don't think any one author/illustrator has such a catalog of playful, meaningful, generous, witty, profound and literate books for young people. Amos and Boris is a distillation of all the great themes of life: friendship, courage, spiritual ecstacy, the question of an afterlife ("Would his soul go to heaven? Would there be any mice there?"), altruism and love. As weighty as these issues are, they are simply part of the fabric of the wonderful story; there is nothing ponderous or cobbed on, no subtext. Steig's genius lies in his ability to create stories that appeal equally to small children, and to their parents and grandparents -- they ring that true on all levels. The characters in this little book have become a part of my heart, as has William Steig. Don't miss it.
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Summary: Favorite Childhood book
Review: Currently I'm doing a paper on my childhood and two older brothers. A sort of spur of a moment urge, I went online to see if amazon had this book. I have read, and reread this book over my childhood many times, and it is a favorite amoung my family. I highly reccomend it, and it will come of great use as your child grows up.
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Summary: A Book About True Friendship
Review: I just received my copy of Amos & Boris today and really love it. The story is of two unlikely friends - a mouse and a whale - that both save the other's life at different times. I love William Steig's use of big words that really challenge the young child. The pictures are simple but wonderful. I can't wait to read it to my son when he gets a little older. (He's only 6 months right now.) Buy this book for your child's personal library - you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: A lesser known, but still valuable Steig classic
Review: I love this book, and feel that William Steig is one of the most underrated and insightful children's authors. I have asked many people who have children that I know whether they have read any of his books, and the usual answer I receive is "no". What literature they have been missing out on! My son really enjoys this book, and it is one of the first books with a substantial amount of text on each page that I have been able to convince him to sit still to hear (he's almost three).
The story of a mouse and whale who find solace in a most unlikely friendship is charming and very applicable to human relationships. I think this book can teach children that friendship can be found in a people who are not necessarily like ourselves...and that these friendships are often some of the most important and profound in our lives. Hopefully, children will take away from this book the message that not everyone is the same, and that so much can be valued and gained from finding friends in those who are different from all the rest.
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