Abel’s Island, by William Steig (Newbery Honor Book, 1976) is a simple but charming castaway tale about a well-meaning but rather foppish and over-privileged mouse who is swept away from a picnic with his young bride by an unexpected flood. He spends a year marooned on a small island, facing various dangers and challenges, untilContinue reading “Abel’s Island”
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