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The classic story of the Ugly Duckling is a story with a strong message with gorgeous pictures. Although it can be a bit depressing and might hit your students soft spot, this book is a great source to open your students minds to being open and accepting of each other, and staying strong through struggles that many kids face. #ucflae3414f19

The Ugly Duckling, adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pickney, is a (TL) book that has been passed down and adapted into a Caldecott Honor Award winning book. The book is still a heart warming story about a little duckling who is trying to spread their wings and fly. This is a book about perseverance, survival, and being yourself no matter what.

I never dreamed of such happiness as this when I was the ugly duckling

This page at the end shows that we was never ugly just different until he fully grew.

Traditional literature and was written in 2008. This book is a great book that teaches children one nobody is ugly and after time real beauty will prevail. The ugly duckling was born in a place where nobody liked so he had to left place to place. After time went by the ugly duckling gre bigger and bigger until he became a beautiful swan. The illustrations of this are full of color and really paint the picture of the story.

“Look how easily he paddles, And how straight he holds himself in the water! No doubt about it he‘s my own child. And he‘s quite handsome when you really look at him.”

The quote that i didn‘t like from the book was “Aren‘t they just the prettiest ducklings you‘ve ever seen? They all look like their father, that rascal, who never comes to visit me” I felt uncomfortable reading this, knowing this quote is in a children‘s book. I think that bringing in complex family social structures could do more harm then good, and upset a child who relates to the duckling‘s loss of a father figure.

When reading this book, I liked it personally but also couldn‘t see myself reading this book with kids from k-3. The language is on the more advanced level, and some comments in the book feel inappropriate for a children‘s book. I think the illustrations are lovely, and I like how big the pages and drawings are, but I probably wouldn‘t choose this book for my classroom.