The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling
Hans Christian Anderson, Jerry Pinkney 

Morrow Junior Books
New York
1999

This tells the story of an duckling. After the ugly duckling is teased by his family and friends, he spends his winter alone.  With spring comes a surprise for the duckling.

Noteworthy Features:

• full page watercolor illustrations
• A retelling of the version by Hans Christian Anderson

I would use this book with young students. They would enjoy this tale. I could then do a lesson about ducks to go with the story. But this story would be a great engaging introduction to a further lesson. This book is also great book to use for the pure enjoyment of reading with students.