The Ugly Duckling
Jerry Pinkney
Morrow Junior Books: 1999
ISBN: 0-68-815932-X
The Ugly Duckling is a story that has such a beautiful message. Like all of the other pieces of traditional literature that I have blogged about this week, this is the best Danielle must read! In this story, Mama duckling has laid six eggs. Five of the eggs hatched in one day, but the sixth egg took a day more. When the sixth duckling hatched, he looked different than the rest. He was ugly to the rest of the ducks. As he grew older, the other ducks would constantly bully him. What would happened to the Ugly Duckling? Would the other ducks ever respect him? Please read the Ugly Duckling to find out more!
I would give this version a nine out of ten. As you can see by the cover of the story, it has vibrant colors and is beautifully drawn. While the other stories were not written very well, this story uses descriptive language and beautiful imagery. It is an appealing story for children with a beautiful message. It also won the Caldecott which makes perfect sense. The way Pinkney drew the birds has much appeal to children. My only criticism is that sometimes it is hard to see where the ugly duckling is on the page because of the complexity of the pictures. I believe he used paint to draw his illustrations which gives the pictures texture. It is definitely a good book to read to your children and will definitely keep them interested to want to read more books.
This is the same author/illustrator as the worlds picture book version of The Lion and the Mouse I shared in class. The feather on the duckling reminds me of the textured fur on the lion's mane on the cover.
ReplyDeleteI chose this book as well. I have to admit, I love this version the most because the picture have much more detail and color.
ReplyDeleteI agree! The other versions to this story do not show attention to detail like this version.
Deletei agree with you in that the illustrations seem to be of high quality. the feathers on the duckling has so much texture. the illustrator is very talented.
ReplyDeleteI used to love this book when I was younger. Although the paintings are difficult, I really think they add character to the book!
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