Amos and Boris
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- Create Date：2022-10-01 06:57:18
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：William Steig
- ISBN：0808527096
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Reviews
Laura Gilfillan
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Picture book， for Spanish practice。 Charming story。 No English translation。
Jane Andris
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I am playing around on goodreads to learn more about how this works。 Amos and Boris is a wordy （William Steig is always wordy！） but delightful book about two dear friends。 I always read it to my students on the last day of school。
June
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An ocean loving mouse builds a boat and goes for a voyage。 Amos is saved by a whale after he falls overboard。 They become friends and years later Amos is able to save Boris。Rounded up because I always like when someone little rescues someone big even if it is only because he has larger friends。
Mary
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story about finding friendship in unexpected places。 meh。 Also this quote → （view spoiler）["He began to wonder what it would be like to down。" （hide spoiler）] 😳😨 story about finding friendship in unexpected places。 meh。 Also this quote → （view spoiler）["He began to wonder what it would be like to down。" （hide spoiler）] 😳😨 。。。more
Molly
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Beautiful illustrations and story， and a delight to read。 Would be an excellent one to read-aloud。
Angie Quantrell
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Reminds me of The Lion and the Mouse！ Fun！
Nancy
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Making connections
Edward Sojuwa
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A redoing of the classic Lion and Mouse story with a Moby Dick twist。 Amos the mouse yearns for adventure at sea so he makes himself a boat， learns navigation and shoves off。 Unfortunately storms come and wash Amos overboard into sea where he bobs about until rescued by a whale named Boris who bonds with Amos thru the voyage home。 Amos promises to return the favor。 Years later he gets his chance when he sees Boris as a beached whale。 How Amos achieves this impossible rescue should delight young A redoing of the classic Lion and Mouse story with a Moby Dick twist。 Amos the mouse yearns for adventure at sea so he makes himself a boat， learns navigation and shoves off。 Unfortunately storms come and wash Amos overboard into sea where he bobs about until rescued by a whale named Boris who bonds with Amos thru the voyage home。 Amos promises to return the favor。 Years later he gets his chance when he sees Boris as a beached whale。 How Amos achieves this impossible rescue should delight young readers age 3 to 8。3 starsthis mouse knows how to whale！ 。。。more
Cathi
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I love William Steig's books and have read Dr。 DeSoto and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble to our kids countless times。 But how in the world did I miss out on this book？ It's a great story about friendship and kindness （a lion and the mouse similarity） and the vocabulary is rich and interesting。 Lovely book！ I love William Steig's books and have read Dr。 DeSoto and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble to our kids countless times。 But how in the world did I miss out on this book？ It's a great story about friendship and kindness （a lion and the mouse similarity） and the vocabulary is rich and interesting。 Lovely book！ 。。。more
Kecha Brown
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This was a cool book to read with my godson。 He really enjoyed the difference in the book。
Kristal
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3。5 starsA cute book about 2 very different friends that help each other out with their different capabilities。 Cute illustrations too。
Nancy
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Lately I have been reading some children's books so I can give appropriate gifts to little ones， and I find myself loving them so much more that I expected！ I am borrowing from Kathryn's review below because I just can't say it better - I loved this book！ It's one of those that defies review， because I can't quite put into words what touched me so deeply about this。 It's a tale of an unlikely friendship， between an adventuresome mouse and a whale who finds him when his little ship is wrecked。 Th Lately I have been reading some children's books so I can give appropriate gifts to little ones， and I find myself loving them so much more that I expected！ I am borrowing from Kathryn's review below because I just can't say it better - I loved this book！ It's one of those that defies review， because I can't quite put into words what touched me so deeply about this。 It's a tale of an unlikely friendship， between an adventuresome mouse and a whale who finds him when his little ship is wrecked。 They learn from one another， and the friendship opens their eyes to things in the world they would never have noticed on their own。 I was touched by the ineffable warmth and wisdom in this tale， and for me it's a treasure。 。。。more
Thomas
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I was reorganizing my bookshelf and I came across this book that my mom would read to me when I was a young child， and I gave it a read again。 Such a beautiful book and it helped bring me a sense of hope in an unhappy time for me。
Madhusree
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I am down to reading children's books now and as books go， this was good。 I love the idea of helping out， no matter who we are-- even a mouse and a whale can be of help to each other。 I am down to reading children's books now and as books go， this was good。 I love the idea of helping out， no matter who we are-- even a mouse and a whale can be of help to each other。 。。。more
Joseph
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This book is fantastic！！
Andrea Librarian
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Amos & Boris is wonderful。 I read a big article in the New Yorker about Steig and was intrigued enough to pick up the books of his that we owned that I hadn't read。 This one is a treat。 It is so much like real life - you have something happen to you， you meet someone because of this and form a bond， but you both realize that it's likely you'll never see each other again， but if you do， that bond is still there。 I love that both Amos and Boris are happy to go out of their way to help the other。 I Amos & Boris is wonderful。 I read a big article in the New Yorker about Steig and was intrigued enough to pick up the books of his that we owned that I hadn't read。 This one is a treat。 It is so much like real life - you have something happen to you， you meet someone because of this and form a bond， but you both realize that it's likely you'll never see each other again， but if you do， that bond is still there。 I love that both Amos and Boris are happy to go out of their way to help the other。 It's just beautiful。 Add to that story Steig's signature illustrations and you have a classic on your hands。 。。。more
Paige Fulkerson
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This is a great book about friendship！ I think it can represent how people from completely different walks of lives and who have completely different backgrounds can have so much in common and can form a really strong friendship！ This also speaks a lot about serving your friends and being there for them when they are in need of that！
Michael Thieme
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Well I'm honestly not sure what to think of this book。 I really liked it， and I was moved by the story and the honestly quite sad ending。 But overall， I'm not sure who this book is for。 The pictures， the cute animals， and the theme of friendship all seem to give off the impression that this is a book meant for younger children， yet the complex sentences present and dense paragraphs on a single page make me honestly confused。 I obviously didn't dislike the book， but I felt like if I read this boo Well I'm honestly not sure what to think of this book。 I really liked it， and I was moved by the story and the honestly quite sad ending。 But overall， I'm not sure who this book is for。 The pictures， the cute animals， and the theme of friendship all seem to give off the impression that this is a book meant for younger children， yet the complex sentences present and dense paragraphs on a single page make me honestly confused。 I obviously didn't dislike the book， but I felt like if I read this book to students of any age less than 4th grade， they may come away confused from the more complex paragraphs， and any students in 4th grade probably wouldn't want to be read picture books like this。 So I don't know。 But I did still really like it， so I guess if nothing else this book is for me。 。。。more
Liberty Reads
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An endearing “what goes around， comes around” story about two unlikely friends。 Truly a delight。 Recommended for 3-7 year olds
William
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We read the Scholastic English version several times。An uplifting story。
lola Franco
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A sweet picture book for kids， of a most unlikely friendship。
Ruth
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Reminiscent of the friendship story of The Lion and The Mouse。
Kelly Chester
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What a great story about friendship pictures were phenomenal
Angie
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A charming story， fancifully written， about the unlikely-but-enduring friendship between a little mouse and a big whaleIt speaks to how you hold some people in your heart always， even if you are very different and have only met a few times， and especially if you have met during a crisis。
Laura Fordyce
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Genre: Traditional Literature - FableAwards: NoneSource: TextbookAudience: Grades 1 - 3Response:Characters: Amos， Boris- Amos: small mouse， loves the beach， hard-working， - Boris: big whale， helpful， friendlyThis story is somewhat similar to The Lion and the Mouse because they are both about a small animal and a big animal helping each other out。 The big animal doubts that saves the small animal and doubts that the small animal would ever be able to repay them。 In Amos and Boris the mouse and th Genre: Traditional Literature - FableAwards: NoneSource: TextbookAudience: Grades 1 - 3Response:Characters: Amos， Boris- Amos: small mouse， loves the beach， hard-working， - Boris: big whale， helpful， friendlyThis story is somewhat similar to The Lion and the Mouse because they are both about a small animal and a big animal helping each other out。 The big animal doubts that saves the small animal and doubts that the small animal would ever be able to repay them。 In Amos and Boris the mouse and the whale start off friendly and become best friends。 In the Lion and the Mouse， however， the lion tries to kill the mouse but lets him go and years later the mouse helps the lion out of a trap。 There are elements of this fable that would make me want to read to a group such as extensive use of alliteration and immaculate illustrations， but some of the text can be morbid。 The author writes two different times about dying and uses more detail than I think is appropriate for 1st， 2nd， and 3rd graders。 The story is good though and it teaches a good moral lesson。 。。。more
Kelly
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I enjoyed the story。 It was very sweet。 A whale and a mouse befriend each other in two different times of crisis。I did think that the book was just a little bit wordy， but it was still a nice story。
wendy cortright
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Amos and Boris is a sweet book about great friends who help one another。 This could be fun to pair with The Lion and the Mouse and work with the class on comparing and contrasting the stories。
Lu
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A wonderfully written children's picture book about friendship。 A wonderfully written children's picture book about friendship。 。。。more
Nicki
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What a friendship！
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