Reviews[An] "engrossing and satisfying tale." -"-Publishers Weekly" "Sure to enchant any child lucky enough to read it...Such an ingratiating, cheery book that no one will be able to resist it." --"The Washington Post Book World", [An] "engrossing and satisfying tale." - -Publishers Weekly "Sure to enchant any child lucky enough to read it...Such an ingratiating, cheery book that no one will be able to resist it." -- The Washington Post Book World, Sure to enchant any child lucky enough to read it...Such an ingratiating, cheery book that no one will be able to resist it., "[An] engrossing and satisfying tale." -- Publishers Weekly "Sure to enchant any child lucky enough to read it...Such an ingratiating, cheery book that no one will be able to resist it." -- The Washington Post Book World
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SynopsisTo commemorate Steig's 100th birthday in 2007 and the anticipated theatrical release of "Shrek the Third*," this volume contains six classic Shrek picture books, including Steig's Caldecott Honor Book "The Amazing Bone." Features green-foil tipped pages. Full color. Pub . 3/07., 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 Irene, a brave and loving little girl who must battle a howling blizzard, to Spinky, a boy who is so completely annoyed by his family that he no longer has any use for the human race. Gathered together for the first time, these entertaining stories will delight fans of Steig, both old and new.", To mark the 100th birthday of William Steig and in time for the blockbuster movie Shrek the Third, Square Fish presents the must-have deluxe ominbus of Steig picture book classics featuring everyone's favorite ogre., 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 Irene, a brave and loving little girl who must battle a howling blizzard, to Spinky, a boy who is so completely annoyed by his family that he no longer has any use for the human race. Gathered together for the first time, these entertaining stories will delight fans of Steig, both old and new.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.S8177On 2007