Abel's island /
William Steig
- 1st ed.
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976
- 117 p. : illus. ; 23 cm
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home.
Newbery Medal Nominee (1977), Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1977), Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee (1978), Zilveren Griffel (1979), Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee (1978), Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association) Nominee (1996), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (1977)