A weird, awesome, sprawling, children's epic about an intelligent, sentient doll who's on a quest to retrieve her stolen eyes that have been pitched to the bottom of the sea - and the sailor who loves her. I think. I don't really remember, but it definitely blew my mind when I was 9 or 10.

I first read this book in the 1980s and loved it then. In fact, I loved the book so much I decided to work with the author to republish a new illustrated edition.I became aware of Amy's Eyes while visiting a friend in Oregon. She was (and still is) friends with Richard Kennedy and had done a lot of the copy editing on the manuscript. Back in early 2017, I was again visiting my friend and we got to talking about books. Somehow we got around to Amy's Eyes and she said how it was too bad it was ou...

Oh, oh, oh, what a lovely, sad, wonderful little book. Except it is not really little at all. It's thick, a glorious 437 pages, full of adventure, fantasy, mystery, and Mother Goose. C.S. Lewis once said, "A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest." Amy's Eyes proves this quote to be true. A children's book, yes, but one suitable and entertaining enough for any age. Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy begins with a little baby girl, nam...

This is my absolute all time favorite book ever. And that's saying something, because I really really like a lot of books. But this is one of the few that I have read over and over and is falling apart.

Avl. as a scanned copy, free to borrow & read online at openlibrary.org.I'll let Kennedy speak for himself:"It is a dangerous place, the open sea, and a sailor holds to every spirit-raising indulgence or grace he can find and believe in. Never mind his infidelity when he is ashore, his disgraceful and fallen state. It is a weekday always in port, and Sunday always at sea.""Why--devil chase it man--that's a complicated book. Ye can make it mean just about anything ye want to. And he just sticks h...

My Dad gave this book to me a long, long time ago and even today I can vividly recall the wonder and excitement of reading this touching story. So well written, so rich and imagintive. One of my all time favorites.

Not many have read it but it is a wonderful book. My 4th grade teacher read it to me. I loved it so much I h out and was so proud when I finished all 800 some pages. Very creative and unique story.

I read this book back in the 90s and was recently reminded of it because it’s the first place where I learned the OG lyrics to “Greensleeves”.I remember locking myself in the bathroom at a sleepover so I could read this book after we all were supposed to be in bed/our sleeping bags. It captivated me and inevitably, influenced a bit of who I am today. I need to pick up a used copy and re-read this children’s book!

I love the 1500 page first edition first printing way better than the 400 page chop and drop;that version is an insult to the book. I only saw this version once when I was 10 during a library summer reading program. The book just vanished after that I remember it had a picture of the ship on the front and a whole bunch of medals and awards. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down I literally read nonstop from 10 am the morning I checked it out till 10 am the next day. I remember the sea...

One of those books that tops most anything else on my favorite of all time list. It's hard to word this book, it's deceptive and so pleasant looking, like most old writings it goes dark, it goes deep, there's a level of horror and wonder and moments where even as an adult rereading, I have to pause and go that's absolutely scary. Some scenes are grim and foreboding and that word is exactly where my mind goes, grim. Like a Brother's Grimm tale, this book is a fairy tale without the Disney or happ...

One of my teachers in elementary school read this to us as a class. I remember being riveted. I had been wanting to re-read it for a couple years, so when I happened to see it at the library, I snatched it up. And I think I enjoyed it almost as much this time around. Wyatt even enjoyed the parts that I read aloud to him, and he is a hyperactive 3 year old.

I read this book when I was a child. It was one of the first books I ever read by myself and I remember it made me cry. It was then I realized that books could take you on incredible journeys and I have been an avid reader ever since. I'm getting ready to read it again and I'm pretty excited to see if I still like it as an adult.

I read this because a friend said it was her favorite book from childhood and my daughter is reading it too. You forget how magical children's literature is and how fun it can be to get swept up into a magical world. I enjoyed this and wish that I red it as a kid but am really enjoying sharing it with my daughter.

After finding this book on a list of odd children's books, I was curious to find out why. I would describe the plot as what would happen if Sarah Crewe (The Little Princess) was rescued from her attic and then taken on a sea adventure by a sea captain doll.

My 4th grade teacher read this to my class. There are parts I remembered vividly. I remembered Amy’s eyes being lost in the bottle, I remembered Davy Duck - the difficulty of his conversion to being real and his treachery. But other parts, especially in the second half, such as the identity of the Golden Man, were long forgotten. I tried to read it to my 2nd grader. I thought he’d enjoy a story about a beloved toy coming to life. He didn’t. Truthfully it’s a hard book to read out loud. The sente...

This was a fun read with a lot of twists and turns and adventures. I wish I would have read it in a shorter time frame. My schedule didn’t allow that and I think that made my interest waiver towards the middle, but I’m so glad that I stuck with it. It is a longer book, but for kids when this was first written it makes sense. They didn’t have all the electronics and distractions and would have had more time for reading and imagination. I’m so thankful I picked this for my 12 book challenge - a bo...

I discovered this book in my middle school library in the seventh grade and fell absolutely in love with it. Now, 22 years later, I still get chills thinking about it. It was probably one of the first times I really considered what it meant to be alive, and how (for me, anyway) books played such a role in creating that life.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. You'll be laughing on minute and crying the next. I've read it at least once a year since my sixth grade English teacher read it to the class. So much fun. 22 years later and I still LOVE it!

I stumbled upon this book as a young teen, while shopping with my mom at a thrift store. Somehow it caught my eye and I bought it. I ended up loving it, though I'm not certain why. I often remember parts of it with great fondness. It's one I'll pass down to my daughter someday.

Loss, longing, acceptance, betrayal and more. Mother Goose would've been proud to see how the characters in her story were brought to life. Amy, an orphan was brought to an orphanage to stay while her father went to sea, and then never came back. Like in The Velveteen Rabbit the love of the girl helps to bring to life the ships captain doll that she spent so many hours reading to. Then covering their adventures in escaping the orphanage and their adventures at sea this is one of my favorite book...