Amy's Eyes [Paperback]

Richard Kennedy (Author), Richard Egielski (Illustrator)

Book Description

A girl who has changed into a doll and a doll who has changed into a sea captain sail the pirate-ridden high seas with a crew of Mother Goose animals, in search of gold treasure.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Amy's sailor doll turns into a real live person, and she becomes a doll in this epic voyage that blends humor, fairy tale and adventure. All ages.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Trophy Pr (March 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064402207
• ISBN-13: 978-0064402200
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #501,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A familial adventure and love story worth the hunt!, August 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Amy's Eyes (Hardcover)

The first time I read the book, I was young enough to love the adventure and fantasy of dolls coming to life. When I read it a few years later, the true craft in characterization and study of human nature in the dolls come to life are spell-bounding. Simply one of the best books I have ever read, and, like the Narnia chronicles, only gets better as the reader gets older.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Voyage Back to My Childhood, February 25, 2002

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Shelly "shellyrichardson" (Grapevine, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amy's Eyes (Paperback)

I know that I sound like all the other reviews, but this story took me back to my childhood. I originally checked the book out at the library when I was young and read parts of it each night to my little sister. This was a special time for us and this story transported us to everywhere the doll went. We are older now and have grown somewhat apart. I recently found this book and ordered us each a copy. It is a great read as adults just like when we were younger and we will always have that bond between us. It is such a magical story that I can't wait to hand down to my children.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The whole world within one book, January 2, 2000

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Gabi Heintz (Aachen, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amy's Eyes (Paperback)

I am a mother of three daughters to whom I read Amy aloud - for the first time about ten years ago. Now my oldest is 19 and still often finds an "urgent reason" for being around when I read Amy to the youngest. It's a story where you find everything life is made of: faith, love, hope, evil, treachery, sad events and terribly funny ones, wisdom and wickedness. The heroes in Amy's Eyes you will never forget - because they are really human with their dreams and doubts, with their hopes and temptations - there's not enough room here to do them justice. Just let me say as much: the Captain has long been the one who deserves the title "an Officer and Gentleman" more than anybody else. If you read Amy's Eyes (and be sure to read it twice if you didn't love it at once - you'll never regret it. I promise.) you'll laugh (you'll "burst your guts"!) and you'll cry silently, you'll bite your fingernails in suspense and what is more: you'll love the world and life and feel grateful and happy when you turn over the last page of this wonderful book.