An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

• ISBN: 9780688159337
• Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
• Illustrator: Pinkney, Jerry
• Published: 1999 , Morrow Junior Books
• Themes: Acceptance, beauty, Belonging, duck, duckling, outcasting, rejection, sense of belonging, swan
• Descriptors: Denmark, Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 40