He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Steig, and four children. Vibrant color brings new life to Caldecott Medal-winning New Yorker cartoonist William Steigs classic puzzle book Paperback, 48 pages. 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. 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. His father, an Austrian immigrant and a house painter by trade, dabbled in fine arts in his spare time, as did his mother. steig is a literary genius and i think we can all agree on that. 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. Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 14, 1907, and spent his childhood in the Bronx. story time: CDB by william steig Halle Burns 521K subscribers Subscribe 3K 74K views 2 years ago mr. William Steig (1907–2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of award-winning books for children.
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