Steig, William

Contains three stories by William Steig, including "The Amazing Bone," "Brave Irene," and "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble," and features an interview with the author.

Yorick Bede, warned away from the lab by his alchemist father, disobeys and accidently shrinks himself down to toy size, much to the delight of his little brother Charles.

Captions for Steig's drawings are letters, symbols, and numbers that must be changed into words.

Dominic, a dog, sets out to see the world, and among other adventures foils a group of villains who have been preying on his community.

After a panicked wish turns him into a rock, Sylvester cannot hold his magic pebble to turn himself back into a donkey.

Pete is cheered up on a rainy day when his father pretends to turn him into a pizza.

In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock, but then cannot hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.

A wealthy mouse, used to all the comforts of life is swept away in a driving rainstorm and spends a year on a deserted island. He rises to the challenge of surviving. a Newberry honor book.

Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home.