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The Amazing Bone

William Steig

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Jan 15, 2010 Ronyell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: animal-books, read-in-1993, children-s-book, weston-woods, my-blog-reviews, william-steig, caldecott-honor, picture-book

“The Amazing Bone” is another classic from William Steig and is also the most dramatic book due to the main character being put into peril in a number of cases. William Steig’s hand-drawn illustrations and his intense yet soothing storytelling makes this book an instant treat to enjoy.

“The Amazing Bone” sets the perfect storyline about the power of friendship and the dangers of the outside world to a child. William Steig dramatically tells how some strangers are dangerous to children by depicting a young pig that meets many dangerous strangers in the woods and nearly has died on both accounts. William Steig’s storytelling also brilliantly depicts of how important it is to walk home with somebody who will protect you, such as the bone coming along with Pearl and protecting her from all the dangerous strangers she has met. Another main aspect of this book is William Steig’s beautiful illustrations, as he illustrates the forest and the flowers with many vibrant colors that make the forest look beautiful and realistic.

Parents should know that there are many intense scenes in this book, such as Pearl being harassed by three robbers who threaten to kill her if she did not hand over her purse and the fox kidnapping Pearl and taking her to his hideaway so that he could cook Pearl into a main course dinner. Since many children today are being harassed and kidnapped by unsuspecting strangers, this book may be too much for children to handle and parents should try to explain to their children that it is always good to travel with someone if one does not know the place very well, so that the person will try their best to protect the child from any danger.

“The Amazing Bone” is a wonderful experience for children to see how it is dangerous to walk in an unsuspecting place alone and how friendship is strong enough to conquer the most dangerous criminals. This book is probably one of William Steig’s most notable books due to it winning a Caldecott Honor Medal and this book does deserve that medal. Even though this book is a treat for many children, parents may want to talk to their children about strangers before reading them this book.

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Feb 22, 2012 Luann rated it liked it

Shelves: caldecott-honor, picture-book, childrens, fantasy, 2014

I enjoyed this once I started thinking of it as a story along the lines of The Three Little Pigs or Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I wasn't sure I would have chosen this for a Caldecott Honor until I revisited the illustrations after reading the story. Steig really does capture Pearl's emotions in his illustrations. For most of the story she is happy and smiling, but in the illustration where Pearl is alone in a room in the fox's hideaway, her ears are down and her huge eyes look out at the rea ...more

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Apr 16, 2013 Fjóla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: picture-books, kids-award-winners, kids-boy-books, caldecott, children-s-books, caldecott-honors

Aug 06, 2014 Christy Martin rated it liked it

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