Shrek!
by:
William Steig (author)
Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig’s SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Ordinary, that is, if a foul and hideous being who ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet is...
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Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig’s SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Ordinary, that is, if a foul and hideous being who ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet is what you consider ordinary.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312384494 (0312384491)
Publish date: September 2nd 2008
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Media Tie In,
Movies,
Romance,
Fairy Tales,
Picture Books
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 :(