The Island of the Skog

Steven Kellogg

Perfection Learning Corporation, 1983 - Fiction - 28 pages

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.

About the author

Stephen Kellogg was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on October 26, 1941. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and majored in illustration. While in college, he won a fellowship to spend his senior year studying and working in Florence, Italy. Kellogg has illustrated over one hundred titles and written some of his own. Titles he has written include the Island of the Skog, which won the Michigan State Young Readers Award, and was included on Booklist's Books for Every Child and the CBC Books for Peace list, A Rose for Pinkerton!, Pinkerton, Behave!, and Tallyho, Pinkerton!

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Island of the Skog
• Author: Steven Kellogg
• Illustrated by: Steven Kellogg
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Perfection Learning Corporation, 1983
• ISBN: 0812404920, 9780812404920
• Length: 28 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General