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Abel's Island

Abel's Island

by WilliamSteig (Author)

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    Paperback 1988

    $3.42
Synopsis

A wild August torrent sweeps Abel Mouse away from home, family, and familiar world to an uninhabited island where, between efforts to return home, he makes new discoveries about himself and the world.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Published: 08 Feb 1988
ISBN 10: 0374400164
ISBN 13: 9780374400163

Media Reviews
Whatever child likes The Bat-Poet or Charlotte's Web will lobe the way Steig uses our language and will want to relive Abel's odyssey on many a rainy Sunday afternoon. --Rosemary Wells, The Washington Post Book World
With inimitable style, Steig tells the story of a mouse, Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, who gets swept away in a driving rainstorm while rescuing his wife's scarf and winds up stranded on a river island for a year. Abel isn't just a mouse. He's a fastidious Edwardian dandy whose inherited wealth ensures the leisurely comforts he takes such pleasure in. But Abel's high-toned life of leisure conceals a soul full of true grit: once faced with the necessity of surviving. Abel rises to the challenge. --Starred, Booklist
There was no trouble in locating the best book of the year, William Steig's Abel's Island...Abelard is, one hopes, all of us-proud, resourceful, despairing, persevering and, eventually, triumphant. And so is Mr. Steig triumphant in the quality of his prose-nor has he stinted on the quality and quantity of his illustrations. --George A. Woods, The New York Times
Abel's adventures are presented with Steig's usual grace, warmth, and insight, and the delights of the text are further enhanced by his drawings. On all counts, it's a winner. --Starred, School Library Journal

Whatever child likes The Bat-Poet or Charlotte's Web will lobe the way Steig uses our language and will want to relive Abel's odyssey on many a rainy Sunday afternoon. --Rosemary Wells, The Washington Post Book World
With inimitable style, Steig tells the story of a mouse, Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint, who gets swept away in a driving rainstorm while rescuing his wife's scarf and winds up stranded on a river island for a year. Abel isn't just a mouse. He's a fastidious Edwardian dandy whose inherited wealth ensures the leisurely comforts he takes such pleasure in. But Abel's high-toned life of leisure conceals a soul full of true grit: once faced with the necessity of surviving. Abel rises to the challenge. --Starred, Booklist
There was no trouble in locating the best book of the year, William Steig's Abel's Island,. .Abelard is, one hopes, all of us-proud, resourceful, despairing, persevering and, eventually, triumphant. And so is Mr. Steig triumphant in the quality of his prose-nor has he stinted on the quality and quantity of his illustrations. --George A. Woods, The New York Times
Abel's adventures are presented with Steig's usual grace, warmth, and insight, and the delights of the text are further enhanced by his drawings. On all counts, it's a winner. --Starred, School Library Journal