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from: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780374302795 Edition: Mirasol ed ISBN: 0374302790 Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: October 01, 1992 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A simple tale, with an artfully told messageEven a little child can make a difference! This is one of the most empowering concepts for a young child to grasp. It is the message at the heart of this story. When Boris the whale saves Amos the mouse from drowning at sea, we are happy to see a creature so big, helping one so little. But later, when the mouse is able to return the favor by saving the beached whale, we cheer him on! Steig's prose is rich and draws you into the story. He gives us a phosphorescent ... Read More Rating:  - Pretentious and tedious -- kids immediately smell it as falseThe tedious, self-serving prose in this book reads as though the author loves the sound of his own narative voice WAY too much. His endless, conjunction-addled sentences leave smart kids looking -- aching -- for the POINT. Steig sets up a sweet and caring friendship between a mouse and a whale -- certainly an unlikely pair -- but instead of playing with the natural contrasts there, he overburdens the story with his heavy-handed voice. There is so much focus on despair and helplessness that the story bogs ... Read More 
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