Shrek

"Did you ever see anybody so disgusting? " said lightning to thunder. "Never," growled thunder, "let's give him the works. "

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.

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 princess—who's even uglier than he is!

William Steig (1907-2003) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books. He was best known for the picture book Shrek! (1990), which inspired the film series of the same name, as well as others that included 'Sylvester and the Magic Pebble' (1969), 'Abel's Island' (1976), and 'Doctor De Soto' (1982).