Author & Illustrator: Hans Christian Anderson (adapted & illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Publisher: Morrow Junior Books 1999
Genre: Traditional literature, picture book
Age range: K-2
Summary: A mother goose lays 5 eggs. The ugly duckling happens to be the odd egg out of the group of eggs. He is the last one born and the one that is left behind because of hunters. The ugly duckling suffers because no one will take him in except for a lady, hen, and cat, but he leaves there after a while because its not the kind of home he needs. He barely survives the winter because of lack of food and a home to live. Finally he finds his home and looks just like all the other birds, except his colors and beak is shinier. He has a family and is no longer the ugly duckling.
Response: I remember reading this book when I was younger. I always felt sad about it, but it really has a good moral behind it. I would use this book in my classroom has an example of students including everyone. There isn't a ugly duckling, everyone puts on their pants the same way. I really enjoyed this book and it makes me feel happy and want others to realize that people should include everyone. Growing up I experience these situations and noticed some people that were the 'ugly duckling' in the classrooms and honestly I would include them majority of the time. My parents raised me on the quote "everyone puts their pants on the same way" so it wasn't a big deal to me.
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