William Steig

Letters and numbers are used to create the sounds of words and simple sentences 4 u 2 figure out with the aid of illustrations.

Two children play a game with a rabbit, who gives them choices he pulls out of his hat.

In a moment of fright Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again. Listen as you read along with this book and CD set.

Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a firece snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.

Sylvester and the magic pebble: His family is beside itself when Sylvester turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a hungry lion. The amazing bone: A lonely pig dawdles long enough in a field of dandelions to meet a bone who speaks to her. Brave Irene: When her mother falls ill, Irene battles a snowstorm to deliver a ball gown to the duchess. Doctor DeSoto: A hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain. Pete's...

"Shrek, a horrid little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!"--

Children, octogenarians, and everyone in between know the work of William Steig, the beloved cartoonist and award-winning children's book author whose work graced the covers and pages of the New Yorker for more than 70 years. In Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns: The Lost Art of William Steig , Jeanne Steig uncovers more than 450 never-before-published cartoons by her husband and provides personal insight and anecdotes about his work and her...

Toby loves hiding from his parents, but when he begins to think they will never find him, he just can't stand it.

Lively Potch pursues the girl of his dreams, the darling Polly Pumpernickel.