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Abel's Island: (Newbery Honor Book) Hardback - 1976

by William Steig; William Steig (Illustrator)

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NEWBERY HONOR BOOK

Abel's Island tells the story of a mouse who gets swept away from his beloved wife--a truly timeless classic about life's simple pleasures by William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!.

Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother, a comfortable home, and a lovely wife, Amanda. But one stormy August day, furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island. Despite his determination and stubborn resourcefulness--he tried crossing the river with boats and ropes and even on stepping-stones--Abel can't find a way to get back home.

Days, then weeks and months, pass. Slowly, his soft habits disappear as he forages for food, fashions a warm nest in a hollow log, models clay statues of his family for company, and continues to brood on the problem of how to get across the river--and home.

Abel's time on the island brings him a new understanding of the world he's separated from. Faced with the daily adventure of survival in his solitary, somewhat hostile domain, he is moved to reexamine the easy way of life he had always accepted and discovers skills and talents in himself that hold promise of a more meaningful life, if and when he should finally return to Mossville and his dear Amanda again.

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  • Title Abel's Island: (Newbery Honor Book)
  • Author William Steig; William Steig (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr), New York
  • Publication date 1976
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780374300104 / 0374300100
  • Weight 0.44 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.91 x 5.69 x 0.6 in (20.09 x 14.45 x 1.52 cm)
  • Age range 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 920
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Islands, Mice
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 75035918
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

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; the Caldecott Medal-winner Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; The Caldecott Honor book The Amazing Bone; and the Newbury Honor Books Abel's Island and Doctor De Soto. Stieg also published thirteen collections of drawings for adults, including The Lonely Ones, Male/Female, and Our Miserable Life.
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