William Steig
William Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator and author of award-winning books for children, including Shrek!, on which the DreamWorks movies are based. Steig was born in New York City. Every member of his family was involved in the arts, and so it was no surprise when he decided to become an artist. He attended City College and the National Academy of Design. In 1930, Steig’s work began appearing in The New Yorker, where his drawings have been a popular fixture ever since. He published his first children's book, Roland the Minstrel Pig, in 1968. In 1970, Steig received the Caldecott Medal for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. His books for children also include Dominic; The Real Thief; The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor Book; Amos & Boris, a National Book Award finalist; and Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor Books. Steig's books have also received the Christopher Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the William Allen White Children's Book Award, and the American Book Award. His European awards include the Premio di Letteratura per l'infanzia (Italy), the Silver Pencil Award (the Netherlands), and the Prix de la Fondation de France. On the basis of his entire body of work, Steig was selected as the 1982 U.S. candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration and subsequently as the 1988 U.S. candidate for Writing. Steig also published thirteen collections of drawings for adults, beginning with About People in 1939, and including The Lonely Ones, Male/Female, The Agony in the Kindergarten, and Our Miserable Life. He died in Boston at the age of 95.
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The One and Only Shrek! by William Steig--Audiobook Excerpt
Listen to this audiobook excerpt from William Steig's children's book The One and Only Shrek! To mark the 100th birthday of William Steig and in anticipation of the blockbuster movie Shrek the Third, Audio Renaissance presents the must-have collection of Steig classics featuring everyone's favorite ogre, read by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci.
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The Zabajaba Jungle
William Steig
Square Fish
Square Fish
The Zabajaba Jungle is amazing. Its flora and fauna are like nothing ever seen before. Leonard is the first human who has ever entered the jungle, and perils lie in wait behind each bush. But he...
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The Toy Brother
William Steig
Square Fish
Square Fish
Yorick Bede has always considered his younger brother Charles a first-rate pain in the pants, and Charles thinks the same of Yorick. One day Yorick plays with his alchemist father's potions, and...
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Roland the Minstrel Pig
William Steig
Square Fish
Square Fish
Roland the pig plays the lute and sings so sweetly that his friends never have enough of listening to him. He has bigger dreams, though, so he decides to take his show on the road and share his music...
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Wizzil
William Steig; illustrated by Quentin Blake
Square Fish
Square Fish
An exciting collaboration
Wizzil, a witch, is bored stiff. So with some coaxing from Beatrice, her parrot, she turns herself into a common housefly and heads over to Frimp farm to stir...
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Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride
William Steig; Full-color pictures by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
The wagon ride from town is so hazardous that Farmer Palmer, a pig, and Ebenezer, an ass, barely make it home again.
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Tiffky Doofky
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
William Steig's Tiffky Doofky, a garbage collector for the town of Popville, has a feeling one morning that something special is going to happen, so he goes to a fortune teller. She says he...
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Caleb and Kate
William Steig; Pictures by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
This ebook includes audio narration.
When Caleb finds himself transformed into a dog and is unable to tell his wife his true identity, he decides to become her companion.
Caleb...
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Doctor De Soto
William Steig; Pictures by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
This ebook includes audio narration.
"Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work." With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large...
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Solomon the Rusty Nail
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Solomon the bunny can turn himself into a rusty nail!
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Shrek!
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
This ebook includes audio narration.
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...
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Spinky Sulks
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
This ebook includes audio narration.
Spinky is convinced that his family hates him and goes off to sulk in his hammock. His brother and sister try to make amends. His mom even brings...
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Yellow & Pink
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Steig's witty dialectic on the nature of existence.
As a yellow and a pink puppet bask in the sun, allowing their paint to dry, they try to determine where they...
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Brave Irene Storytime Set
William Steig; Read by Meryl Streep
Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Young Listeners
Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the duchess to wear...
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Doctor De Soto book and CD storytime set
William Steig; Illustrated by the author; read by Stanley Tucci
Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Young Listeners
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Brave Irene
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the duchess to wear...
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The Amazing Bone
William Steig; Pictures by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
The 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.
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Doctor De Soto
Written and illustrated by William Steig
Square Fish
Square Fish
From the incomparable William Steig, a story that proves even a fox can be out-foxed by a clever mouse.
Doctor De Soto is a 1982 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, a 1983 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Picture Books, and a 1983 Newbery Honor Book.
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Amos & Boris
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Friends come in all shapes and sizes.
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Shrek! (Book & CD Set)
William Steig, Illustrated by William Steig; Read by Stanley Tucci
Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Young Listeners
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...
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C D C ?
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Puzzles and wordplay make reading fun in this Steig classic.
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Real Thief, The
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Is Gawain's goose really cooked?
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Abel's Island
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
This story of a mouse who gets swept away from his beloved wife is truly a timeless classic about life's simple pleasures.
Abel's Island is a 1976 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year, and a 1977 Newbery Honor Book.
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Dominic
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
Dominic is off to see the world!
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The One and Only Shrek!
William Steig; read by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci
Macmillan Audio
Macmillan Young Listeners
To mark the 100th birthday of William Steig and in anticipation of the next blockbuster movie Shrek the Third, Macmillan Audio presents The One and Only Shrek! the must-have collection of...
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Amos y Boris
William Steig; Pictures by the author; Translated into Spanish by Maria Negroni
Square Fish
Square Fish
Amos el ratón y Boris la ballena: un par de amigos leales con nada en común excepto un buen corazón y la voluntad de ayudar a su colega mamífero. Se conocen luego de que Amos se lanza al mar...
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Doctor De Soto, Spanish Edtiton
William Steig; Pictures by the author; Translated by Maria Puncel
Square Fish
Square Fish
"Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work." With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortunate...
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La Isla de Abel
William Steig; Illustrated by the author; Translated by María Luisa Balseiro
Square Fish
Square Fish
"With inimitable style, Steig tells the story of a mouse, Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, who gets swept away in a driving rainstorm while rescuing his wife's scarf and winds up stranded on a river island for a year. . .You can't help but give a cheer for Abel and his creator." --Starred, Booklist
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Irene, La Valiente
William Steig; Pictures by the author; Translated by Teresa Mlawer
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
"Despite a raging snowstorm, Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, offers to deliver the duchess's newly finished ball gown...With sure writing and well-composed, riveting art, Steig keeps readers with Irene every step of the long way." --Starred, Booklist
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Gorky Rises
William Steig; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
Square Fish
"One summer morning when his parents aren't about, frog Gorky sets up a laboratory in the kitchen and concocts a potion...His wondrous flight is described in language that bubbles with magical phrases, and the illustrations bloom with Steig's luminous art." --Starred, School Library Journal
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Listen, Little Man!
Wilhelm Reich; Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim; Illustrated with line drawings by artist William Steig
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Listen, Little Man! is a great physician's quiet talk to each one of us, the average human being, the Little Man. Written in 1946 in answer to the gossip and defamation that plagued his remarkable...
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