The Island of the Skog

Written by Steven Kellogg

Narrated by Pauline Brailsford

Shout it once! Shout it twice!Friends forever! Skog and mice!

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Release date: Sep 1, 1999
• ISBN: 9780545749312

Reviews for The Island of the Skog

[familiesunitedll · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I agree this book is not my favorite but there is a lot to think about.

Do we attack first and ask questions later?

What happens when we do?

[dukefan86 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Not my favorite Steven Kellogg book, but still cute. :)

[readalouddenver · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A group of mice decide to sail away to sea and escape the stressful city life of being hunted down by cats and dogs. They reach the Island of Skog and fear what they don't know about the Skog. Both theirs and the Skog's imaginations go wild with fear leading them to act in ways that are harmful. This book has a rich vocabulary of words including narrow escape, general, commander-in-chief, declared, ignoring, harbor, bravely, tanned their pelts, compass, discovered, iceberg, North Pole, captain, business, supplies, convinced, suddenly, freedom, murmurs, cannonballs, waded, cautiously, enormous, footprint, stumble, bait, aloft, volunteer, sand dune, shadowy figure, confessed, plunged, flapping, orchestra and national anthem.

[hannahbk · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I felt that this book was very well written. It was also cute and silly the way it was written from the perspective of mice. I loved the moral behind the story and the pictures really made it come alive.

[jcofsky_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

When Jenny and her other mice friends decide they want to move away to a more peaceful place, they finally settle, after sailing, to the Island of the Skog. But, what they find when they get there is this island is only inhabited by the Skog itself, a terrifying creature to these little mice. When the mice battle with the skog over who gets to live on the island, the mice discover that the skog is not a big scary creature after all and they all end up living on the island happily together.

[hokonow · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Kellogg's story is an adventurous tale about a group of mice, led by a strong female mouse named Jenny, who travel across the ocean to find a new place to live. Upon arriving at an island inhabited by a "skog," they fear that the skog is an angry creature, and they work together to make elaborate plans to take over the island from the skog. After realizing that the skog is really a small animal dressed in a large, scary costume, they decide to share the island and live together as one big family. This story is not only about adventure and encountering new places and people, but its endearing ending shows the importance of sharing and cooperating with others.

[jgabica_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This fantasy book has a moral for children: communication prevents misunderstandings and provides a foundation for friendships. The mice sail away to an island to escape dangers and defend themselves from a skog without needing to. Media:Ink and fill, watercolor