Title: The Ugly DucklingAuthor: Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Publisher: Morrow Junior Books
Copyright: 1999
Number of Pages: 40
Genre: Traditional Literature
Grade Level: 2nd
Content Area: Science
This story is about a swan who is born into the family of ducklings and is thought to be ugly by all of the others. Even all of the other animals that sees him with them thinks he is ugly too and shuns him. After a long winter, he finally grew into the most beautiful swan in the pond and realized he was not a duck after all. I think this is a great story to read to children, especially if some of them feel like they look differently than the other children in the class. I would also use this to talk to the kids about bullying and how it is not tolerated in my classroom. Then I would relate it to science by talking about all the different animals that live in ponds.
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