The Island of the Skog [Paperback]

Shout it once! Shout it twice!
Friends forever! Skog and mice!

Since its publication in 1973,The Island of the Skoghas been a favorite of children everywhere-and of the author himself! We're delighted to remind you of this beloved book on its thirtieth birthday.

Jenny and her city-mouse friends take to the seas in search of a more peaceful place to live. But when they arrive at what first seems the island of their dreams, they have a giant problem to contend with: the island's only inhabitant, the Skog. Judging by his enormous footprints, he seems a more terrible threat than a hundred urban cats and dogs. How will the mice master their new domain?

Funny, exciting and sweet,The Island of the Skogis a timeless tale of cooperation and compromise. It won the Michigan State Young Readers Award, and was included onBooklist's Books for Every Child and the CBC Books for Peace list.Steven Kelloggis a beloved author and illustrator who has published more than 100 picture books, including the classicsThe Mysterious Tadpole, Can I Keep Him?, The Island of the Skog,andIs Your Mama a Llama?, and Pinkerton, Behave!,which was onHorn Book's andBooklist’sBest of the Year lists and led to four sequels. Kellogg is a winner of the Regina Medal for his lifetime contribution to children’s literature. His books have received numerous accolades, such as being named Reading Rainbow featured selections and winning the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Award, and the Parents’ Choice Award.US