The Ugly Duckling
Kevin Crossley Holland
Hardcover
(Orion Books Limited, March 15, 2001)
The ugly duckling who grew up to be a swan is the best-loved and most touching of all Hans Christian Andersens stories. Here, Kevin Crossley-Holland brings a poet's magic to a picture book version that cries out to be read aloud. Meilo Sos gorgeous paintings of farmyard animals, hunstmen, wild geese and swans are full of character and spirit and are set against wonderful scenes of the changing season. As for the ugly duckling himself, he has the pathos and charm to make this book irresistible.
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