![]() His works also include The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Abel’s Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor Books. He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Steig, and four children. William Steig (19072003) published his first children’s book, Roland the Minstrel Pig, in 1968, and received the Caldecott Medal for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (978-1416902065) in 1970. ![]() 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. William Steig (19072003) published his first children’s book, Roland the Minstrel Pig, in 1968, and received the Caldecott Medal for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (978-1416902065) in 1970. 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. Steig is also the creator of Shrek! which inspired the Dreamworks films. CDB by William Steig - From Caldecott Medalwinning New Yorker cartoonist William Steig comes a classic puzzle book that will delight young readers as they. 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. ![]() William Steig (1907–2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of award-winning books for children. ![]()
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