Shrek

Name: Shrek
Brand: Goldsboro Books
SKU: shrek
Price: 700.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

Shrek

by William Steig

Publisher Gollancz

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Publication date: January 1, 1990

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UK First Edition
First Printing
Hardcover

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Book Condition & Notes
Very good condition, with some wear to corners and spine tips. Several light markings to boards. A much rarer edition than the US edition.

About the book

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.

About the Author

William Steig

William Steig (1907–2003) published his first children’s book, Roland the Minstrel Pig, in 1968, and received the Caldecott Medal for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble in 1970. His works also include The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Abel’s Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor Books. His most recent books published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux are Shrek! (released by DreamWorks as a major motion picture) and Wizzil, illustrated by Quentin Blake. School Library Journal named Shrek! a Best Book of 1990 and said of it, "Steig's inimitable wit and artistic dash have never been sharper or more expertly blended."

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