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! We’re 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 island’s 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 “Booklist”‘s Books for Every Child and the CBC Books for Peace list.