Overview
What would happen if every creature on land and sea were free to be as rotten as possible? If every day was a free-for-all; if plants grew barbed wire; if the ocean were poison? That's life on Rotten Island. For creatures that slither, creep, and crawl (not to mention kick, bite, scratch, and play nasty tricks on each other), Rotten Island is paradise. But then, on a typically rotten day, something truly awful happens. Something that could spoil Rotten Island forever. Out of a bed of gravel on the scorched earth, a mysterious, beautiful flower begins to grow...
Full Product Details
Author: William Steig
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Imprint: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
Edition: Revised ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 22.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 28.50cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9780879235260
ISBN 10: 0879235268
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 15 September 1994
Recommended Age: From 5 to 3 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
All Hail Rotten Island! Without question, the monster book of the year. -Boston Globe Not since Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are has there been such a glorious nightmare of a book. -People Stupendous. -The Philadelphia Inquirer As visually exciting a book as has ever been produced for children. -The Detroit News What a glorious book! It bubbles, almost boils with color. -Washington Post Book World A gorgeously colored picture book, full of monsters, mayhem and a take-it-or-leave-it message . . . about the redeeming power of Nature. -Newsday
Praise for Rotten Island Without question, the monster book of the year. -Boston Globe Not since Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are has there been such a glorious nightmare of a book. -People Stupendous. -The Philadelphia Inquirer As visually exciting a book as has ever been produced for children. -The Detroit News What a glorious book! It bubbles, almost boils with color. -Washington Post Book World A gorgeously colored picture book, full of monsters, mayhem and a take-it-or-leave-it message . . . about the redeeming power of Nature. -Newsday
All Hail Rotten Island! Not since Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are has there been such a glorious nightmare of a book. -People Stupendous. -The Philadelphia Inquirer As visually exciting a book as has ever been produced for children. -The Detroit News What a glorious book! It bubbles, almost boils with color. -Washington Post Book World A gorgeously colored picture book, full of monsters, mayhem and a take-it-or-leave-it message . . . about the redeeming power of Nature. -Newsday
Author Information
William Steig drew over 2,600 cartoons and 117 covers for the The New Yorker during his nearly fifty-year career. His children’s books include the Caldecott Medal-winning Sylvester and the Magic Pebble and Shrek!, the basis for the animated film series.
