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28 pp.
| Farrar/R&S
| September, 2003
|
TradeISBN 91-29-65942-6$$15.00
(4)
K-3
Translated by Joan Sandin.
Illustrated by
Olof Landstrom.
After Boris gets glasses, his life is turned around--"I had no idea there was so much to look at!"--and he decides that he should get a job. But his eyes get tired at work, so he quits, realizing that he prefers life blurry. Boris is only one of various anthropomorphized rodents depicted in detailed settings throughout this charming if morally opaque tale about the perks and drawbacks of seeing clearly.