The Amazing Bone (Reading Rainbow Book) | Wonderful, and no less so for being a bit strange

The Amazing Bone (Reading Rainbow Book) | A classic!

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	The Amazing Bone (Reading Rainbow Book) Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1993 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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Can Pearl, a pig, and her new friend, a small talking bone, outwit a band of robbers and a hungry fox?

Wonderful, and no less so for being a bit strange

Our two children, ages 3 and 6-1/2, absolutely LOVE this story, and we love reading it to them, as it is a very fun book to read aloud. I suppose it contains some edgy elements for a children's book: violence is threatened several times, and Pearl (the darling protagonist/pig) is almost eaten by a fox -- but is this any more violent than, say, The Three Little Pigs? As William Steig says several times in this beautiful, enjoyable tale, "I didn't make the world." That being said, I suppose this story isn't for everyone, and I wouldn't recommend it for children who are especially young or easily scared, but having read a TON of children's book over the last six years, this is one of the few for which I've been moved to write a recommendation. Honestly, just hearing my kids running around exclaiming "Have you no shame, Sir?!" to each other (and everyone else) and then bursting into giggles was worth any talk explaining why foxes want to eat pigs. I'd give it six stars if I could, but then, I didn't make the world.

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A classic!

My daughter and I read this together many times & loved it. My students (grades 1st on up) were always mesmerized when I read them this story. They loved quoting the magic words. Now I give it as a gift whenever I can. One of Steig's best.

Steig's Amazing Bone

Steig is a top illustrator and kid's author. Raise your kids right with quality stuff. This is a start

Not for Little Ones

My 3 year old is fascinated by the concept that we all have bones in our bodies, so I hastily selected this book right before Christmas without really reading it. Big mistake! The plot heavily features armed robbery, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and intent to murder the main character. A little heavy for her, in my opinion. She seemed to take it in stride, but I was apalled.

Also, since my main reason for choosing this book was in response to my daughter's interest in bones as part of our anatomy, I was disappointed that there is no explanation where the bone in this story comes from...is it a human bone or an animal's bone? How did it come to be able to talk? And why is this magic object a bone and not an amazing rock or feather or something else?

On the other hand, the illustrations are lovely and the story is interesting, though odd, for older children.

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