This ebook includes audio narration. Narrated by Stanley Tucci!Shrek!—the beloved book that inspired the blockbuster animated film—introduces the most lovable ogre in children's literature.Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was Caldecott and Newbery Medal winner William Steig's Shrek!, a picture book about a horrid little ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to see the world. In this modern classic.Thi...

This audio edition includes narration by Stanley Tucci.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.

To mark the 100th birthday of William Steig and in anticipation of the next blockbuster movie Shrek the Third, Macmillan Audio presents The One and Only Shrek! the must-have collection of Steig classics featuring everyone's favorite ogre, read by Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci.

This ebook includes audio narration by Meryl Streep.This winning heroine will inspire every child to cheer her on as she ventures through a bitter cold snowstorm in the classic story Brave Irene by William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!.Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker’s daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn’t feeling so well and can’t possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown s...

This ebook includes audio narration."Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work." With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortunate patients never feel any pain.Since he's a mouse, Doctor De Soto refuses to treat "dangerous" animals--that is, animals who have a taste for mice. But one day a fox shows up and begs for relief from the tooth that's killing him. How...

William's Steig's Abel's Island tells the story of a mouse who gets swept away from his beloved wife**—**a truly timeless classic about life's simple pleasures.Abel's place in his familiar, mouse world has always been secure; he had an allowance from his mother, a comfortable home, and a lovely wife, Amanda. But one stormy August day, furious flood water carry him off and dump him on an uninhabited island. Despite his determination and stu...

This ebook includes audio narration by Meryl Streep*.*This winning heroine will inspire every child to cheer her on as she ventures through a bitter cold snowstorm in the classic story Brave Irene by William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!.Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker’s daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn’t feeling so well and can’t possibly deliver the beautiful ...

From the incomparable William Steig, creator of Shrek, comes an audio story that proves even a fox can be out-foxed by a clever mouse in Doctor De Soto, a Newbery Honor Book."Doctor De Soto, the dentist, did very good work." With the aid of his able assistant, Mrs. De Soto, he copes with the toothaches of animals large and small. His expertise is so great that his fortunate patients never feel any pain.Since he's a mouse, Doctor De Soto re...

The charming Caldecott Medal–winning story about a magic pebble that makes wishes come true is now available as an adorable Classic Board Book!When Sylvester finds a magic pebble that will grant any wish, he can’t believe his luck! But after an unexpected scare on the way home, Sylvester makes a wish that has big repercussions.

Amos & Boris is a tender yet funny story of friendship by William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!.Amos the mouse and Boris the whale: a devoted pair of friends with nothing at all in common, except good hearts and a willingness to help their fellow mammal. They meet after Amos sets out to sail the sea and finds himself in extreme need of rescue. And there will come a day, long after Boris has gone back to a life at...

"Pete is in a terrible state, and it is his father who has the wisdom to humor him back to his usual self by making Pete into a pizza pie. The giggles of Pete and the listeners increase as Pete is kneaded, stretched, spread, baked, and (almost) sliced." - AudioFile Magazine

Another classic story from William Steig, the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning creator of Shrek!, The Real Thief follows a good-natured goose accused of stealing who must uncover the true culprit for the crime.Gawain is a loyal and true goose serving as chief guard of the royal treasury. He'd been happy enough with his life at home tending his garden and making sketches of architectural masterpieces. Now he's being charged with stealing from th...