![]() ![]() Most noted for the books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abels Island and Doctor De Soto, he also created the character Shrek, who inspired the popular movie series. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Steig, and four children. William Steig (Author, Illustrator) William Steig (1907 - 2003) was a prolific American cartoonist, sculptor and, later in life, an author of popular childrens literature. He was also the US nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards as an illustrator in 1982, and then as an author in 1988. Steig also received the Christopher Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the William Allen White Children’s Book Award, the America Book Award, and Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award. Steig is also the creator of Shrek! which inspired the Dreamworks films. ![]() ![]() Product Details Item : NTS98066 9780590980661 Paperback Book 32 Classics, Comedy and Humor Weston Woods. In original unclipped (4.95) color pictorial dust jacket with no award medal. First printing of the Caldecott Award-winning picture book called 'a born classic' (Bader), quite hard to find in the first edition. ![]() Most notably Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, for which he received the Caldecott Medal The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor book Amos & Boris, a National Book Award Finalist and Abel’s Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor books. Buy Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Online Now. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, 1969, First Edition (8 results) You searched for. William Steig (1907–2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of award-winning books for children. ![]()
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