Review: Very disappointing...
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2012
I can't recommend THE UGLY DUCKLING (ILLUSTRATED).  I tried it out because I wanted to have some kiddie books handy on the Kindle and this story is a classic.  Given that I read it on a Kindle 3G, I can't opine on the pictures other than to say that their placement often didn't match the text then on-screen.  Also, while it may be a reality of life, it was very disconcerting to have references to killing in a kiddie book.However, the biggest disappointment was the text itself.  There appeared to be no attention paid to how paragraphs and dialogue are properly formed and written.  "Wall 'o text" is bad enough in a regular book but in a kiddie book?  Major fail.  It made for less than smooth reading silently, much less out loud to a child.  In addition, many parts were too wordy and rambling, leading to loss of a child's interest in the story.