He decides that he won't make it to work. One day, however, Amos wakes up with a terrible cold. Amos plays chess with the elephant, who thinks long and hard before each move, races the tortoise and lets him win, sits quietly with the very shy penguin, lends a handkerchief to the runny-nosed rhinoceros, and at dusk reads to the owl, who is scared of the dark. He follows a reliable agenda of activities with each of his favorite animals: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros and the owl. While at the City Zoo, Amos always makes time to visit his good friends and always gives them exactly what they need. He swings his legs out of bed, puts on a fresh uniform and hops on the #5 bus at 6:00 AM to go to the zoo. Plot Īmos McGee is a punctual man who goes about his day the same way every day. and directed by Ed Mironuk and Kris Tercek and a 2017 version narrated by Jim Dale, were released. Two audio books, a 2012 version narrated by David de Vries, released by Weston Woods Studios, Inc. After an initial print run of only a few thousand copies, the book would later have over 300,000 copies printed and be translated into multiple languages. Before its release the couple and Porter had low expectations for the book given its "quiet" nature. The couple worked together to decide on the pacing of the book and where text could be supplanted by illustrations.
After they began working on the book, it took Erin a year to create the pictures for the book, which was the first book she had illustrated.
Phil, along with the book's future editor Neal Porter, took Erin to dinner to ask her to illustrate the book. Erin had become discouraged with her work and had quit drawing for three years. Phillip, who goes by Phil, wrote the text specifically for his wife to illustrate after finding an illustration of an elephant she had done. The book received praise for its woodblock illustrations and for its message about what friends will do to help and support each other. The book was well reviewed, and Erin won the 2011 Caldecott Medal for her illustrations. Phillip Stead wrote the book hoping his wife Erin would illustrate it after a period where she had become discouraged with her art. The book, published by Roaring Brook Press, depicts a zookeeper who has bonded with the animals he cares for and who come and visit him one day when he gets sick. A Sick Day for Amos McGee is a 2010 children's picture book written by Philip C.
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