The One and Only Shrek - William Steig

200 pages, gilded green edge, 2007 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. Ordinarily, that is, if a foul and hideous being who ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the surface of the planet is what you consider ordinary. SHREK! can be found in this collection of six modern picture-book classics by Steig, along with stories concerning creatures ordinary and extraordinary—from: 1. Irene, a brave and loving little girl who must battle a howling blizzard, 2. Spinky, a boy who is so completely annoyed by his family that he no longer has any use for the human race. 3. Magic bone, a young pig wants to travel around the village by herself. When reaching the meadow, she stumbled upn a talking bone! And then there #39;s a fox tailing on her.. 4. Doctor de Soto, is a mouse dentist lives in the city of animals. One day, a fox begged him to get into his mouth to remove his sick tooth. Will dr. de soto trust him? 5. My favorite so far: Caleb and Kate. An old couple had a quarrell over something, Caleb left the house and sleep in the woods. when he wokes up, he turned into a big red dog! Poor kate, his wife, had been looking for Caleb for days. This story told with such a rosy view of married life. After her husband is missing for a long time, Kate realized how much they loved each other. Very cute