Amos & Boris
  • Published: 16 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141374673
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

Amos & Boris

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1 Feb 2018
EBook
1 Feb 2018
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16 Apr 2018
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A classic tale of unlikely friends from the creator of Shrek

Amos the mouse and Boris the whale are friends who have very little in common. Boris rescues Amos, who has set out to sail the seas - but might there be a time when Boris needs rescuing too?
An awardwinning fable and New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year from classic creator, William Steig.
  • Published: 16 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780141374673
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

William Steig

William Steig (1907 - 2003) was a prolific American cartoonist, sculptor and, later in life, an author of popular children's literature. Most noted for the books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto, he also created the character Shrek, who inspired the popular movie series.

Also by William Steig

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Doctor De Soto
Pete's a Pizza
Wizzil
Shrek!
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Praise for Amos & Boris

There is no question that Steig's affectionately witty pictures and perfectly complementary narration make this a durable picture book friendship

Kirkus Reviews

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

School Library Journal

The book is funny and earnest, pellucid and profound

New York Times Book Review

A masterpiece-certainly of children's literature, but maybe of all literature. It is Steig at his absolute best.

Rumaan Alam, The New Yorker
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