Doctor De Soto

Picture book by William Steig

Blurb

Doctor De Soto is a picture book for children written and illustrated by William Steig and first published in 1982. It features a mouse-dentist who must help a fox with a toothache without being eaten.
Steig and his book won the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Picture Books, Hardcover, as did Barbara Cooney for Miss Rumphius.
Doctor De Soto was also recognized as a Newbery Honor Book, at 32 pages one of the shortest to be honored in that awards program.