The UGLY DUCKLING - Hardcover

Andersen, H.C.; Mayer, Marianna; Locker, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0027651304 ISBN 13: 9780027651300

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1987

Synopsis

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

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Mayer's version of this story isn't necessarily better for its elaborate plot and long-winded road toward that familiar resolution. This time the duckling and his mother are warned by a Peking duck in the farmyard that they may be in for a surprise. But the duckling, humiliated by the constant teasing and bullying of the other animals, runs away. He sees swans fly overhead and longs to join them; later he is trapped in a frozen lake and rescued by a farmer. But of course, when spring comes, he is a beautiful swan. Mayer has elongated the Andersen tale; in doing so she has made it ponderous. It lacks the lighter touches, both humorous and poignant, found in other versions. Locker's evocative landscapes, in a classical setting, show the fleeting colors of passing seasons.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0027651304
• ISBN 13: 9780027651300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 39