Rotten Island

Toronto, ON, Canada: Groundwood Books, 1984, 1984. HC and DJ. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4. ISBN:0-88899-029-4. Believe to be the Revised Edition of "The Bad Island: New York", a Windmill book, first published in 1969. William Steig (born 1907) is best know perhaps , as a witty, somewhat satirical cartoonist; often appearing in the New Yorker. He did however, write and illustrate several marvelous children's books. The full-colour illustrations are spectacular; the prose is equally resplendent with references (volcanoes that belched fire and smoke, spewed hot lave, and spat poison arrows and double-headed toads."_ Children who love "Where the Wild Things Ar e" by Sendak, will probably relish the horrid creatures in this book. A book children under the age of 6 may have difficulty understanding - although they might like the illustrations! Our copy has a dust jacket with a few superficial scratches. One tear on rear. Very clean. Bright orange paper on boards binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Near-new condition. Inscription (Happy birthday, n ames aand date) on endpaper. Endpapers otherwise clean and bright. Very bottom of some pages have light evidence of moisture stain. Entire book is tight. New mylar protector. A lovely copy of this daz zling children's book. Overall cond: good- v. good..