Amos & Boris

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Summary: Profound Story of Friendship
Review: I love William Steig's work, and this is one of his best picture books. Steig always fills his books with love and family and friendship and with a love of life. Rarely in any type of literature will you find a book about friendship better than this one. The story of "Amos and Boris" is about a mouse and a whale. When the mouse has an accident in his sailing ship, he is saved by the whale. The two strike up an immediate and deep friendship which will continue though the two are forced to be worlds apart. "Amos and Boris" is a remarkable book for the meaningful lessons it teaches. It is also remarkable for the beautiful prose, the humor, and for the marvelous pictures by Steig. "Amos and Boris" is truly a perfect picture book for children and for adults.

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Summary: One of our all time favorites
Review: I really love this book, and so does my three year old son. All of Stieg's books have beautiful language that even a pre-literate toddler can recognize as elegant and exceptional, but this one is also just a great story.

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Summary: A two-generation classic
Review: I recently stumbled upon this book in my public library and was instantly taken back to many fond moments spent in its pages during my childhood. I brought it home to my five-year-old who is now just as enchanted. This smple update of Aesop's classic Mouse and Lion tale is a guaranteed pleaser.

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Summary: A two-generation classic
Review: I recently stumbled upon this book in my public library and was instantly taken back to many fond moments spent in its pages during my childhood. I brought it home to my five-year-old who is now just as enchanted. This smple update of Aesop's classic Mouse and Lion tale is a guaranteed pleaser.

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Summary: Amos & Boris
Review: Most folks are familiar with William Steig for having written Shrek. But there is soooo much more. "Dominic" and "Amos and Boris" were two of the most memorable books from my childhood. I received tham as gifts from my parents and read and re-read them countless times.
I had long since lost my copies from childhood but ordered new when I read that the author had passed away.
I approached reading them with great trepidation as I feared that they would not live up to my memory of them.
I should not have worried!
I decided to read "Amos & Boris" first as "Dominic" was my absolute favorite. I figured if I did not feel the same magic, I would avoid re-reading "Dominic" so as not to diminsh my recollection. So one afternoon, after arriving home from work, I sat down with "Amos & Boris" and began to read it out loud. By the time I was 3 pages from the end of the book, I was weeping.
These books are special beyond words and I hope that William Steig understood how much beauty he brought into the world writing them.

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Summary: An incredible book about friendship
Review: This book is so charming and original and to top it off it is so poignant it almost brought tears to my eyes. The language is lyrical and the story is whimsical yet it explores issues such as lifelong friendship and our interconnectness. The mouse, Amos, heads off to sea and is so overwhelmed by its beauty and the feeling of oneness with creation that he rolls right off his boat and has to be saved by a friendly whale, Boris. Amos hopes he can repay his friend someday although it is hard to imagine how a little mouse could help a big powerful whale. Sure enough Amos will get his moment! This book is great for a range of ages and will delight both parents and children.

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Summary: Wonderful, lyrical book. Fabulous!
Review: This book was given to us as a gift, but has found its way into the hearts of my 5 year old, 3 year old and me! It uses wonderfully poetic and lyrical language, while not being too lofty or obtuse. It weaves into the book many educational concepts for children, such as the difference between mammels and fish, all in a subtle, and still entertaining fashion. As noted by another reviewer, it is a book you won't mind reading night after night-I'm off now to buy more William Steig books for my children!

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Summary: great!
Review: this was my ABSOLUTE favorite book as a child. i couldn't put it down! for some reason it always made me sad at the end....beautiful book....