by William Steig, Robert Sevra
Genre: Monsters / Manners / Fantasy / Romance Year Published: 1990 Year Read: 2010Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux “Shrek!” is another memorable classic book from the great mind of William Steig and it is about how Shrek, a repulsive ogre, tries to find the princess to marry after he leaves hi...
I just didn't care for this book.
Shrek is a terrible ogre who goes out into the world to find adventure (actually he was kicked out into the world by his parents.) Along the way, he meets a witch who says he'll meet a donkey who will take him to a Knight and there he will find a very ugly princess. I read this because I love, lov...
I see that the movie took many liberties with this story. I enjoyed the movie(s) a lot. This book, not as much. There were good parts. I like that Shrek just went around doing what he wanted, but I think it could have done with a little more something. Even for a children's story, I think it was lac...
I love shrek the movie series, but this book isn't as mush adorable :(
Shrek is a vile (but very self confident!) ogre in search of an equally repugnant bride. The illustrations are simple and sketchy, but silly and amusing in their own way. The text is engaging and there is some clever and truly hysterical dialogue. And still, I've been puzzling over this one for o...
My son was afraid of the audio book and they do use some language like "stupid" and Jack a**" that I wouldn't want my young ones repeating.
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