den kleinen Mann", 1945 1950, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy 1950, The Agony in the Kindergarten (Duell S&P) 1950, Giggle Box: Funny Stories for Boys and Girls (Alfred A. Knopf), compiled by Phyllis R. Fenner, newly illustrated by Steig 1951, The Rejected Lovers (Knopf) 1953, Dreams of Glory and other drawings (Knopf) 1959, Poker for Fun and Profit (McDowell, Obolensky, 1959), written by Irwin Steig, illustrated by William Steig 1963, Common Sense in Poker (Cornerstone, 1963), written by Irwin Steig, illustrated by William Steig 1963, Continuous Performance (Duell S&P) From this time, Steig primarily created children's picture books. 1968, CDB! (Windmill Books) – picture book 1968, Roland the Minstrel Pig (Windmill) 1969, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Windmill) — NBA finalist 1969, The Bad Island (Windmill); reissued as Rotten Island (D. R. Godine, 1984) 1971, Amos and Boris 1972, Dominic — NBA finalist 1973, The Real Thief 1974, Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride 1976, Abel's Island — adapted as a 1988 film 1976, The Amazing Bone 1977, Caleb + Kate — NBA finalist 1978, Tiffky Doofky 1979, Drawings 1980, Gorky Rises 1982, Doctor De Soto — National Book Award, Picture Books 1984, CDC? (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) 1984, Ruminations 1984, Yellow & Pink 1984, Rotten Island (formerly The Bad Island, 1969) 1985, Solomon, The Rusty Nail 1986, Brave Irene 1987, The Zabajaba Jungle 1988, Spinky Sulks 1990, Shrek! — the basis for the movie series 1992, Alpha Beta Chowder, written by Jeanne Steig, illustrated by William Steig 1992, Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa 1994, Zeke Pippin 1996, The Toy Brother 1998, A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales, retold by Jeanne Steig, illustrated by William Steig 1998, Pete's a Pizza 2000, Made for Each Other 2000, Wizzil 2001, A Gift from Zeus 2002, Potch & Polly 2003, When Everybody Wore a Hat References External links William Steig at publisher Macmillan US Obituary: William Steig 1907–2003 at The Comics Reporter From The New Yorker to 'Shrek: The Art of William Steig, 2007–2008 exhibition at The Jewish Museum of New York William Steig at Library of Congress Authorities, with 107 catalog records 1907 births 2003 deaths American cartoonists American children's writers Caldecott Medal winners Newbery Honor winners American children's book illustrators National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners The New Yorker cartoonists American people of Polish-Jewish descent Writers from Brooklyn Artists from New York City Jewish