The Art of William Steig
Author: Claudia J. Nahson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents a companion to the exhibition celebrating the works of William Steig.
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The Lonely Ones
Author: William Steig
Publisher:
Published: 1942
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Amazing Bone
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2013-07-30
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1466808438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Amazing Bone is a 1976 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1977 Caldecott Honor Book, and a 1977 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Picture Books. William Steig, incomparable master of the contemporary picture book, has never been better than in The Amazing Bone. It's a bright and beautiful spring day, and Pearl, a pig, is dawdling on her way home from school. Most unexpectedly, she strikes up an acquaintance with a small bone. "You talk?" says Pearl. "In any language," says the bone. "And I can imitate any sound there is." (Its former owner was a witch.) Pearl and the bone immediately take a liking to each other, and before you know it she is on her way home with the bone in her purse, left open so they can continue their conversation. Won't her parents be surprised when she introduces her talking bone! But before that happy moment comes, the resourceful bone must deal with a band of highway robbers in Halloween masks and, worse, a fox who decides that Pearl will be his main course at dinner that night. And deal it does, with gambits droll and thrilling. Made into a short animated film voiced by John Lithgow, available on streaming and home video.
The World of William Steig
Author: Lee Lorenz
Publisher: Artisan Publishers
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1885183976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines Steig's history as a cartoonist for The New Yorker, and discusses his work as a creator of children's books
Rotten Island
Author: William Steig
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 1994-09
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9780879239602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat would happen if every creature on land and sea were free to be as rotten as possible? If every day was a free-for-all; if plants grew barbed wire; if the ocean were poison? That's life on Rotten Island. For creatures that slither, creep, and crawl, Rotten Island is paradise.
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2023-01-03
Total Pages: 17
ISBN-13: 1665927186
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble and unthinkingly wishes himself a rock when frightened by a lion. Although safe from the lion, Sylvester cannot hold the pebble to wish himself into a donkey again. Caldecott Medal winner. Full-color illustrations.
Yellow & Pink
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2013-07-30
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1466836598
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYellow & Pink is a witty picture book by William Steig, the creator of Shrek. On a fine day, a thin, yellow puppet and a round, pink puppet sit in the sun. They wonder where they came from. Were they an accident of nature, created by a series of possible but improbable events? Did someone create them? They discuss their theories, and think they may have an answer. But just as they settle on a solution, a man arrives who raises new questions. Praise for Yellow & Pink: "One marvels at the expressiveness, the nearness to animation, of Steig's vibrant drawings." -The Washington Post Book World "A comic fable that has more clout than the most fervent homily." -Publishers Weekly "Illustrated with simple three-color drawings, this is a book that will delight adults as well as children and lead to some very interesting discussions!" -Children's Literature
Gorky Rises
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2013-07-30
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1466808608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne fresh and fair summer day, as soon as his parents go out, Gorky sets up his laboratory by the kitchen sink to have another try at concocting a magic potion. This time he strikes upon the missing ingredient--half a bottle of his mother's attar of roses--and he knows it's success at last. While he is waiting for the bubbly, glinting liquid to show what it can do, he heads over to Elephant Rock, "his best spot for doing nothing." But on the way he stops to bask in the sun, soon falls asleep--and wakes to find himself floating in the immensely blue sky, clutching his bottle of magic. There follows the most astonishing, bewildering, and bedazzling adventure a young frog could possibly have. Orbiting the globe has its ups and downs, however, and Gorky soon begins to wonder if he'll ever get back to earth. He does manage to outwit the magic; but the potion saves a last surprise until Gorky reaches Elephant Rock, just on day later than he had planned. Gorky Rises is a 1980 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Notable Children's Book of the Year, and Outstanding Book of the Year.
Shrek!
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2017-06-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 0141388463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead the book that inspired the famous film franchise in this wonderfully funny picture book. Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig's SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Ordinary, that is, if a foul and hideous being who ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet is what you consider ordinary.
Solomon the Rusty Nail
Author: William Steig
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2013-07-30
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1466808977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSolomon the bunny can turn himself into a rusty nail! "Steig combines a tale of uncanny transformation with his distinctively animated illustrations...Children will love this bizarre tale with its humorous drawings and lively sense of fun." --Pointer, Kirkus Reviews "Beautifully written and illustrated by paintings reflecting the sunny colors of spring...A classic by a peerless artist."--Publishers Weekly
