The rollercoaster series of events abounds with ironic humor in this stylish and satisfying work. The Blank Page Speaker Series: Conversations on Creativity hosts Arthur Yorinks, a director for opera, theater, dance, film, and radio and the author of 40+ acclaimed and award-winning books, including a Caldecott Medal for Hey, Al. Although the book is long on plot and relies heavily on fantastic coincidences, Yorinks's droll storytelling talents are perfectly matched by Egielski's broadly theatrical paintings. A wealthy patron takes the boys abroad and presents them at court, where they are recognized by their true parents, who had survived the shipwreck after all. When their benefactor dies, the resourceful brothers disguise themselves as old men and claim to be the tailor's relatives they manage to quell their squabbling long enough to build a substantial business. Their fortunes rise and fall in comically rapid succession until an old man takes them under his wing and teaches them his trade-tailoring. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. The boys comfort one another in a way familiar to all brothers: ``You stink,'' says Milton ``So do you,'' replies Morris. Square Fish, Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages. Washed ashore after a shipwreck, two brothers are left to fend for themselves in New York.
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