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 worldOrdinary, 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.

Come along with Shrek, a horrid little ogre, as he goes out into the world to find adventure! Along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princesswho’s even uglier than he is!