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Available
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Publication
Little Golden, Golden Books Publishing Co., (1995).
Description
An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
User reviews
LibraryThing member sceres1
The Ugly Duckling is a great children’s book. It tells about self-confidence, and persistence. The main two reasons why I liked this book was because of the writing style and characters. The writing was very clear and flowed very well, the way this was written kept the reader focused on what was
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to come next. Also the author used some word to compare what is “beautiful” to what is “ugly.” The characters on the other hand were very realistic. Even though they were portrayed as ducks, people in their every day life go through this feeling of being “unwanted.” This story shows how everyone can feel that way and how to overcome it. The ugly duckling was left out of a lot of things, but at the end of the story the ugly duckling turned out to be a swan which he’s now considered “King of the Swans.” He swam around with confidence now that he felt he was beautiful. The message is to always love yourself, and someone will help you find your confidence. Show Less
LibraryThing member DVerdecia
This book is a classic. We all know the story. The Duckling was odd from the very beginning. He grows up and has a variety of adventures only to realize at the end that he is not a duck at all...but a beautiful swan.
This Golden book really is meant more for the parent to read to the young child.
Still, it's a classic. I enjoy it and is why I am keeping it as one of my favorites.
This Golden book really is meant more for the parent to read to the young child.
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The illustrations are classic and stylish. But the print is small...And with use of words like "Fluttered" and "cackled" by the time the young reader can acknowledge what these words mean in context they wouldn't be interested in reading a story like this one.Still, it's a classic. I enjoy it and is why I am keeping it as one of my favorites.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
6.63 inches
ISBN
0307302644 / 9780307302649