If we're generous, we must allow for multiple Shreks. In order of popularity, there is the Shrek of the movies ("Shrek the Third" opens Friday). Then there is the original "Shrek!" the children's book ...

Movie adaptations of books are not good because they follow every word of the text. On the contrary, the greatest adaptations are more like translations of their source material. They find inspired ...

William Steig’s original 1990 picture book Shrek! has a few elements that Shrek fans will remember from the 2001 animated movie it inspired. There’s a big, green, lumbering protagonist with a ...