The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling
by Jerry Pinkney
HarperCollins Publishers (1999)
Interest Level: Ages 3 to 8

Category: Traditional Tale
Type: Picture Book

Summary:
A swan who grows up as an unwanted "duckling" learns his true beauty and the meaning of happiness when a flock of swans returns after a long, cruel winter.


Online Connections:
1. Information about the author/illlustrator http://www.friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/pinkneyjerry/index.htm
2. Jerry Pinkney discusse illustration and children's art: http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/pinkneyj

Book Connections:
1. Aesop's Fables by Jerry Pinkney
2. Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney

Keywords: duckling, swan, ugly, beautiful