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Amos & Boris
Author
Illustrator
William Steig
Publication Date
January 01, 1971
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction / 2nd − 3rd
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Description
Amos the mouse and Boris the whale: a devoted pair of friends with nothing at all in common, except good hearts and a willingness to help their fellow mammal.
They meet after Amos sets out to sea in his homemade boat, the Rodent, and soon finds himself in extreme need of rescue. Enter Boris. But there will come a day, long after Boris has gone back to a life of whaling about and Amos has gone back to his life of mousing around, when the tiny mouse must find a way to rescue the great whale.
The tender yet comical story of this friendship is recorded in text and pictures that are a model of rich simplicity. Here, with apparent ease and concealed virtuosity, Caldecott medalist William Steig brings two winning heroes to life.
Amos & Boris is a 1971 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Notable Children's Book of the Year, and Outstanding Book of the Year.
Publication date
January 01, 1971
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9780374302788
Lexile Measure
920
Guided Reading Level
O
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV002000 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | General
Library of Congress categories
Mice
Whales
Whales
School Library Journal
Starred Review
A simple, matter-of-fact story about the friendship between a mouse and a whale. . . Lovely watercolor pictures and a funny, well-written text which presents its plot coincidences in tongue-in-cheek manner fit together admirably in this faintly Aesopian tale.
Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
William Steig
William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based; the Caldecott Medal-winner Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; The Caldecott Honor book The Amazing Bone; and the Newbury Honor Books Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto. Stieg also published thirteen collections of drawings for adults, including The Lonely Ones, Male/Female, and Our Miserable Life.
New York Times Book Review
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Outstanding Book of the Year 1971 - 1971
New York Times Book Review
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Best Illustrated Book of the Year 1971 - 1971
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