| The Island of the Skog (Picture Puffin) | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 171940
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.5 x 0.1
ISBN: 0140546499
EAN: 9780140546491
ASIN: 0140546499
Publication Date: March 1, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: TEXT CLEAN, YOU LIKE IT, COVER EDGE HAS SLIGHTLY WEAR/CREASE, SPEEDY SHIPPIN ASAP, BLESSINGS R 57-4
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Product Description
To escape the dangers of urban life, Jenny and her friends sail away to an island, only to be faced with a new problem--its single inhabitant--the Skog.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 imaginative January 3, 2007
The illustrations are wonderful.Great book to be read by the 7yrs & older & a wonderful book to read to the younger set.Very imaginative with good texts.I collect books with good illustrations & this is definitely one.So all in all a good one for both children & adults.
Survival, bravery, teamwork! July 27, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This original picture storybook is bursting with typical Steven Kellogg illustrations. The text and the engaging illustrations work together to present a classic tale. The layout is characterized by full page and many double-paged spreads which allow Kellogg to fill both pages with cute mice and appealing scenery. Some pages show the perspective of the mice in the hole juxtaposed with the tall stairs for people in the house. The sailing ship and the mice on the island show life size mice and the skog who is a similar size. The colors are watercolor and muted. Children have loved this story and the mice in it for over forty years. It is a beautiful tale of survival, bravery, team-work and getting along with others different from oneself.
Skog and mice June 23, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Yet another beloved Steven Kellogg book from my fleeting youth. Published originally in 1973, the story tells the tale of a pack of mice that decide to leave the city life and become sea faring rodents instead. Together, the seven little creatures take a small antique ship (with working cannon) from the antique store in which they leave and set sail into the sea. When at long last they come across a tropical isle, they are shocked to discover that the land already has an inhabitant. According to their books, this is the island of the Skog. Not entirely certain what a Skog is, they bombard the land with cannon balls. That done, they set about inhabiting the isle but are shocked to discover giant footprints. After successfully unmasking the creature, they discover that perhaps jumping to conclusions is not the best policy when meeting people different from yourself for the first time.
I suppose the book is ostensibly about judging people before you get to know them. I prefer to think that this story is a cry against the whole, "Shoot first, ask questions later", method of diplomacy that a nation (who shall remain nameless) may employ from time to time. Or, more likely, I'm reading too much into an entirely pleasant picture book. This is a true Kellogg creation through and through. Filled to the brim with his tiny details and intricacies, a reader could pour over each page for a month so as to best locate all the delicate touches. As you go through the tale, each character has his or her own distinct personality. Jenny, the unofficial mouse in charge, and Bouncer the head of his bowling league are the two main characters, but they've a lively and involved supporting crew as well. Rereading the tale now, I was shocked to see how dated the three bowling team mice in their overlarge sports jerseys were. Why they're positively 1973! Otherwise, these pictures are somewhat timeless. The images in this tale stuck in my brain for years, so I can guarantee to you that any child that reads this book today will take it with them the rest of their lives. Though everyone has a favorite Kellogg creation of their own, one of my picks without a doubt is the inestimable "Island of the Skog". Take. Read. Savor.
 A Fairly Good Story September 14, 2000
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
A nice story with good illustrations suitble for 3-8 yrs. Several mice, wanting a new life free of opression, set out to sea to find a peaceful island. Upon their arrival, they discover footprints belonging to what they believe to be a large beast. They set out to remove the beast from the island, only to discover that all was not as it seemed to be. The story ends happily.The story runs a bit long, with several mice characters exchanging dialogue--it can be hard for children to keep them straight--but story is positive, and pictures are funny to look at.
Mice get away December 8, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
A review by Jessica and Eric The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg. Our favorite book is The Island of the Skog. Rodents wanted to sail to freedom, but they went the wrong way . When they landed they saw a giant footprint, and became very, very frightened!They planned to catch it. The plan worked; however they found the monster was tiny and friendly! We are third graders who would like you to read this book.
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