![]() ![]() He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Steig, and four children. 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. ![]() The Duncan family is beside itself when son Sylvester turns himself. Steig is also the creator of Shrek! which inspired the Dreamworks films. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble: Directed by Gene Deitch. 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. Same author as Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (widely read when I was growing up in the 80s) and lots of other great ones. William Steig (1907–2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of award-winning books for children. RT Educ8Liber8: Yes it was an awesome picture book first. ![]()
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