Steig, William

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The Real Thief

Sylvester and the magic pebble

Sylvester the donkey finds a magic pebble that grants his every wish, but in a moment of fright he wishes he were a rock, and then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
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When everybody wore a hat

Children's author William Steig describes and illustrates what life was like in his neighborhood when he was a boy nearly one hundred years ago.
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Toby, where are you?

Toby plays hide-and-seek with his parents, and as they search the entire house he thinks they will never find him.
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Which would you rather be?

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

The Amazing Bone

On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.

Abel's Island

The story of Hassam di Chirico Flint, a mouse, who gets swept away in a driving rainstorm while rescuing his wife's scarf and winds up stranded on an island for a year.

Doctor Desoto goes to Africa

Doctor De Soto

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.

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