Amy's Eyes

Amy's Eyes
	First edition
Author	Richard Kennedy
Illustrator	Richard Egielski
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Harper & Row
Publication date	1985
Pages	437
ISBN	978-0060232191

Amy's Eyes is a children's fantasy novel by Richard Kennedy, published by Harper & Row in 1985, and illustrated by Richard Egielski.^[1]

Plot summary

The narrative begins in an orphanage where Amy inadvertently brings her sailor doll to life. It continues on a ship where he has become captain and she has transformed into a doll herself. The book is a principally a coming-of-age tale and a nautical adventure involving pirates and the search for lost treasure. The story contains whimsical elements such as a sailing ship crewed by Mother Goose animals, but also has darker themes including the obsession with Biblical prophecy and numerology.

Reception

The book won the Parents' Choice Picture Book Award in 1985, and was the subject of a major review in The New York Times.^[2] The Kirkus Reviews described it as "a treasure hunt of true and false clues and intriguing puzzles, and reads like a breeze".^[3]

References

^ "Amy's Eyes". WorldCat. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ Edwin J.Kenney Jr. (June 9, 1985). "Children's Books: Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy". Kirkus Reviews. June 12, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

External links

Book review: Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy – Scattered Pages essay on rereading the book as an adult

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[1] "Amy's Eyes". WorldCat. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[2] Edwin J.Kenney Jr. (June 9, 1985). "Children's Books: Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[3] "Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy". Kirkus Reviews. June 12, 1985. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

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