Shrek! (1990 book)

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Shrek! (1990 book) is a 1990 children's picture book by William Steig that humorously follows the adventures of an ugly but endearing ogre, later inspiring the popular Shrek film and stage adaptations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's picture book
literary work
author William Steig NERFINISHED
basedOnCharacterType fairy-tale ogre archetype
characterTypeOfMainCharacter ogre
copyrightYear 1990
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre children's literature
comedy
fantasy
picture book
hasCoverArtist William Steig NERFINISHED
hasFormat hardcover
paperback
hasISBN 9780374368777
hasMainCharacter Shrek NERFINISHED
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration
hasProtagonistTrait endearing
ugly
illustrator William Steig NERFINISHED
inspiredWork Shrek (2001 film) NERFINISHED
Shrek (film series) NERFINISHED
Shrek The Musical NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
mediaType print
narrativeTone humorous
notableFor being the basis for the DreamWorks Shrek franchise
subverting traditional fairy-tale conventions
originalLanguage English
pageCount 32
partOf Shrek franchise NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationDate 1990
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
setting fairy-tale world
targetAudience children
theme beauty and ugliness
individuality
parody of fairy tales
self-acceptance

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Shrek 2 basedOn Shrek! (1990 book)
this entity surface form: Shrek! (book)
Shrek the Third basedOn Shrek! (1990 book)
this entity surface form: Shrek! by William Steig
Shrek Forever After basedOn Shrek! (1990 book)
this entity surface form: Shrek! by William Steig