William Steig
1) Brave Irene
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English
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"Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
1998
Language
Español
Description
Del incomparable William Steig, creador de Shrek, llega una historia que demuestra que incluso un zorro puede ser superado por un ratón inteligente en Doctor De Soto.
"El doctor De Soto, el dentista, hizo muy buen trabajo". Con la ayuda de su hábil asistente, la señora De Soto, se enfrenta a los dolores de muelas de animales grandes y pequeños. Su experiencia es tan grande que sus afortunados pacientes nunca sienten ningún dolor.
Como es un...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
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. Since he's a mouse, Doctor De Soto refuses to treat "dangerous" animals--that is, animals who have a taste for mice. But one day a fox shows up and begs for relief from the tooth that's killing him. How can the kindhearted De Sotos turn him away? But how can they make sure that the fox doesn't...
7) Caleb & Kate
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
"When Caleb finds himself transformed into a dog and is unable to tell his wife his true identity, he decides to become her companion." --
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
Solomon the bunny can turn himself into a rusty nail!
Here, in the great tradition of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble and Caleb and Kate, is another tale of magical transformation from William Steig. Its hero, young Solomon, is an ordinary rabbit--well, ordinary in every respect but one. Whenever he scratches his nose and wiggles his toes at exactly the same time, he turns into a rusty nail. To turn back into a rabbit, all he has to do is think: "I'm...
10) Dominic
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
Dominic the dog finds many exciting adventures and great danger fighting the Doomsday Gang after he decides to see the world.
11) The real thief
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1973.
Language
English
Description
When Gawain the goose is deserted by his friends after being unjustly convicted of stealing from his beloved king, the real thief is tortured by his conscience.
13) Spinky sulks
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1988]
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? Spinky Sulks is another...
14) Doctor de Soto
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
1997.
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.
15) Tiffky Doofky
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
Tiffky Doofky, a kindly garbage collector, spends his day waiting for a fortune teller's prophesy to come true.
16) Shrek!
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Language
English
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"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!"--
17) Yellow & pink
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Two painted wooden figures argue about where they came from, whether they just happened by accident or were created by some other being.
18) The toy brother
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1996.
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...
19) Amos y Boris
Author
Publisher
Mirasol
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
Español
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.
Tener amigos por una ballena mientras se está ahogando en el océano, un ratón tiene la oportunidad de reciprocar años más tarde en una situación igualmente improbable.
20) Gorky rises
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
"Clutching the bottle of magic potion he has made, a young frog falls asleep and wakes to find himself floating in the sky." --