"Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig's SHREK!, a book about an ogre who leaves his swampy home to go out and see the world ... and ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet!"--P. [4] of cover.

"Este monstruo afirma que él es el más feo del mundo. Pronto llega un segundo monstruo ¡diciendo que él es el más feo! ¿Y qué ocurre cuando llega un tercer monstruo? Quizás la mejor manera de descubrirlo es mirándose en un espejo. ¿Les ayudará a decidir quién es el monstruo más feo del mundo?"-- "This little monster says it´s the ugliest in the world. A second monster claims being even uglier. What happens when a third...

"A child makes their way along the Arctic shoreline on a dark day. Everything around them seems as ugly as their mood, from the weather to the fish and mud. This is the place they come to whenever they feel ugly. But as the child closes their eyes and listens, the sound of the waves reminds them to breathe. The tiny krill flick their tails, and the brightly coloured sea stars seem to glow. What they once saw as an ugly landscape is now wonderful and...

A bug is so ugly she scares away the bird that was about to devour her.

Who's that singing on the savanna? It's the top-five ugly animals in Africa! The wildebeest, warthog, vulture, hyena and marabou stork swagger proudly across the savanna, rejoicing in their ugliness--and delighting their babies, who think they're perfect just the way they are.

"Shrek, a horrid little ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon, and, finally, a hideous princess, who's even uglier than he is!"--

Edmund Rostand's famous story of the romantic Cyrano who is afraid to reveal his love to Roxanne, for he fears that his large nose makes him too unattractive.

The classic tale of romance and tragedy tells the touching story of the big-nosed poet and philosopher Cyrano who feeds the handsome but empty-headed Christian the honeyed words to win the love of the beautiful Roxanne.

The Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to take a crash course in the holiday. But just when he thinks he has everything for their quiet family Christmas just right, Donkey, Puss in Boots, Gingy and the rest of the gang decide to crash the party.