Tough Boris | 
|  | | | Title: | Tough Boris | | Author: | Mem Fox
Kathryn Brown (Illustrator) | | Publisher: | Voyager Books | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 September, 1998 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0152018913 / 9780152018917 | | List Price: | $7.00 | | Amazon Price: | $7.00 | |
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Product Description
Boris von der Borch is a mean, greedy old pirate--tough as nails, through and through, like all pirates. Or is he? When a young boy sneaks onto Boris's ship, he discovers that Boris and his mates aren't quite what he expected.
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Customer Reviews:
• Surprising 23 May, 2007
This is a wonderfully surprising book. Simple predictable text makes this book and easy read aloud to young children and interesting illustrations that capture the imagination. This book also deals with pirates and treasure, but also the loss of a pet, which most children can relate to, but in a simple way. My three-year-old loves this book and can spend 20 minutes just flipping through the pages. I definately recommend this book for children 3 and up.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1488EH5XFWRPQ
• Great Book For Teachers 12 October, 2008
I love to read this book with the kids at school. I get a little teary every time I read it!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2I4XNSD3RR7TT
• Good, Short Book About Grief 09 July, 2008
This book is simple enough for two-year-olds, but complex enough for much older children, or even adults.
The trick is that the words (only a sentence or so per page, and mostly of the format "Boris was ADJECTIVE. All pirates are ADJECTIVE") only barely sketch out the story - the rest is in the illustrations, or else has to be guessed at.
At the end of the book, we find that when Boris' parrot died "He cried and cried. All pirates cry. And so do I", a line that echoes in the mind.
Don't pass this one by.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A6HXFDIC7DVTC
• We Love It 25 July, 2007
This book is wonderful. It uses the very popular theme of pirates to explain that having feelings is normal and that there is no weekness in tears. My six year old reads it everyday.
- Reviewed by customer ID: AFLSAYAFJ4ZJ
• Piratey Emotions 23 March, 2008
This picture book illustrates that tough pirates can be tough and yet cry as well. Boris is the epitome of a tough pirate; he is swashbuckling, fierce, and he even looks the part. All that stands, but we learn about a new side of Boris with his favorite friend, his parrot. I would recommend this book for younger students to read themselves, or it would be great for the pre-K set as a read aloud. It's short enough for a quick bedtime story!
- Reviewed by customer ID: AVD7OKGB2N21K
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