When Amos, a mouse, falls off his boat, Boris, a whale, rescues him and delivers him to the shore.

Author / Illustrator: William Steig
Format: Hardcover
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971

When Amos, a mouse, falls off his boat, Boris, a whale, rescues him and delivers him to the shore. On their journey, Amos and Boris become the best of friends. "Boris admired the delicacy, the quivering daintiness, the light touch, the small voice, the gemlike radiance of the mouse. Amos admired the bulk, the grandeur, the power, the purpose, the rich voice, and the abounding friendliness of the whale." Years later when the powerful Boris finds himself beached, it is tiny Amos who comes to his aid.