Summary: As a mother duck awaits the hatching of her baby eggs. Finally, one day they all begin to hatch, except for the biggest egg in the nest, so the mother duck excitedly waits. When the egg finally hatches the mother duck is very surprised to see that this one is bigger and different looking than any duckling she has seen. When they are walking, the new duckling is called ugly by other ducks at the pond who try to chase him away, luckily the mother duck protects the ugly duckling. However, the ugly duckling cannot take anymore teasing and runs away only to cross paths with hunters and a dog before finding safety in an old woman's house. He stays at this Old Woman's house with a chicken and a cat, only he cannot lay any eggs and eventually grows tired of being inside. The Ugly duckling leaves the Old Woman's house just as winter begins. One day he gets caught in the ice out on the lake, luckily a man comes to save him. The man takes him inside where he is put by a fire to keep war and children come to play with him. Only, the ugly ducking has never played before and is so startled by the children that he runs out of the house. For the rest of winter the Ugly Duckling is cold and hungry. Finally, winter is over and the ugly duckling is tired of being cold and hungry so he decides to go where the Swans are. This time though, he is welcomed by all and when he looks down at is reflection he no loger sees an ugly ducking but reather a beautiful swan.
Review: The Ugly Duckling can be enjoyed by children ages 4 to 8 years old. This is a classic story to have in a classroom and I would most definitely have it in mine! This story is a great book to go along with a lesson about being different , tolerance, and even learning about different types of birds!
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