William Steig
1) Shrek!
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig's SHREK!, a book about an ogre who leaves his swampy home to go out and see the world ... and ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet!"--P. [4] of cover.
3) Brave Irene
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Language
English
Description
Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a firece snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
4) Dominic
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Dominic the dog sets out to see the world and finds many exciting adventures as well as great danger fighting the Doomsday Gang.
11) The amazing bone
Author
Pub. Date
1976.
Language
English
Description
On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.
12) Amos & Boris
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Language
English
Description
Befriended by a whale as he is drowning in the ocean, a mouse gets a chance to reciprocate years later in an equally unlikely situation.
13) Spinky sulks
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
William Steig's Spinky Sulks is a 1988 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year.
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 him a beautiful tray of food. But nothing can get Spinky to stop sulking—not even a circus passing by on his street! Will Spinky ever cheer up?
15) Doctor de Soto
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Language
Español
Description
Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain. Listen as you read along with this book and CD set.
17) Zeke Pippin
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
One day, as fate would have it, Zeke Pippin moseys outside, finds a harmonica in the street, and is soon regaling his family with the prelude to La Traviata. But when his mother, father, sister, and brother promptly fall asleep, Zeke wonders how he can "go on living with such nincompoops" -- and runs away from home. After several other would-be music lovers pass out when he starts to play, Zeke concludes that his harmonica has magical powers, and...
18) The toy brother
Author
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
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 he accidentally shrinks himself to the size of a cockroach. Now suddenly Charles is the big brother. Though it's tempting to leave Yorick as a shrunken version of himself to teach him a lesson, Charles and the rest of the Bede family protect Yorick...
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