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Amos & Boris

by William Steig

A friendship across land and sea

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A friendship across land and sea

Amos, a mouse setting out to sea, and Boris, a whale, become friends after Amos needs rescuing. Their lives take them in different directions—Boris returns to the ocean, while Amos goes back to dry land—but the story later brings their very different sizes into a new rescue challenge. The premise pairs a seafaring adventure with a fable-like exploration of friendship, reciprocity, and helping others. Its central contrast is between a tiny mouse and a great whale, joined by a shared willingness to help.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in animal stories and sea adventures
  • Families seeking a picture-book story about friendship and mutual help

Themes

Friendship across differencesHelping othersAnimal fableSea adventure

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Book overview

Amos & Boris is a tender yet funny story of friendship by William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!.

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 sail the sea and finds himself in extreme need of rescue. And there will come a day, long after Boris has gone back to a life at sea and Amos has gone back to life on dry land, when the tiny mouse must find a way to rescue the great whale.

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