Shrek! Shrek! is a humorous fantasy picture book published in 1990 by American book writer and cartoonist William Steig, about a repugnant green monster who leaves home to see the world and ends up marrying an ugly princess.

Is the movie Shrek based on a book?

Shrek! Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 fairy tale picture book of the same name by William Steig.

Was Shrek a book before it was a movie?

Before it was the universally adored film series, Shrek was no more than a common children's book by author and illustrator, William Steig. The story follows the first movie in that Shrek ventures out of his home-swamp in order to explore a world he has never seen.