Abel's Island: (Newbery Honor Book)

NEWBERY HONOR BOOK

Abel's Island tells the story of a mouse who gets swept away from his beloved wife—a truly timeless classic about life's simple pleasures by William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!.

Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother, a comfortable home, and a lovely wife, Amanda. But one stormy August day, furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island. Despite his ...