The Island of the Skog

Shout it once! Shout it twice! Friends forever! Skog and mice! Since its publication in 1973 The Island of the Skog has been a favorite of children everywhere-and of the author himself! Were delighted to remind you of this beloved book on its thirtieth birthday. Jenny and her city-mouse friends take to the seas in search of a more peaceful place to live. But when they arrive at what first seems the island of their dreams they have a giant problem to contend with: the islands only inhabitant the Skog. Judging by his enormous footprints he seems a more terrible threat than a hundred urban cats and dogs. How will the mice master their new domain? Funny exciting and sweet The Island of the Skog is a timeless tale of cooperation and compromise. It won the Michigan State Young Readers Award and was included on Booklists Books for Every Child and the CBC Books for Peace list.