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Shrek!

By: William Steig
Narrated by: Stanley Tucci
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Long-listed, School Library Best Books of the Year

Long-listed, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year

This audio edition includes narration by Stanley Tucci.

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.

©1990 William Steig (P)2007 Macmillan Audio Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fantasy & Magic Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

Critic reviews

"Steig's epigrammatic genius is given full rein in this engrossing and satisfying tale. The implicit promise (or threat) of a sequel—perhaps detailing the exploits of the pair's offspring—is indeed delicious to contemplate." (Publishers Weekly)

"The fast-forward movement of the story and the inventive, challenging language, full of surprises, make this especially fun to read aloud." (School Library Journal)

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I don't think the other reviewers realize that the movie was based on this book lol. a great children's book.

Classic

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This very short story, is as cute as Shrek is “repulsive” and it’s poetic language makes it a fun read.
It’s clearly a template for the many Shrek movies and I am awed by the creativity the movie’s screen play writers displayed in development of the book into the Shrek movie.

Cute book

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My boys loved this book. It’s the story the movie was based on. My kids thought it was hilarious.

Funny!

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This book was about five minutes long and nothing like the actual Shrek series. We are requesting a refund.

Not what was expected

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as a shrek fanatic for 20 years around, this seemed too cringe
it's sus af and inappropriate

your mother

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