# William Steig — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by William Steig appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** K–3
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/william-steig
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship, fiction
- mice, fiction
- whales
- whales, fiction

## Genres

- Juvenile Fiction
- Realistic Fiction

## Every William Steig title on file

- [Sylvester and the Magic Pebble](https://readinglist.school/book/sylvester-and-the-magic-pebble) _(Grades K–3 · 1969)_
- [Amos & Boris](https://readinglist.school/book/amos-boris) _(Grades 2–3 · 1971)_

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