num_pages: 32
description: You may think you know the story of the Ugly Duckling but think again. In the capable hands of his alter ego Maynard Moose storyteller Willy Claflin takes us on a wacky journey where this Uglified Ducky a hapless young moose blunders away from his home is mistaken for a baby duck and endured endless humiliation as he tries to learn to waddle quack swim and fly. Eventually he finds his true fambly who help him discover his own beauty.In his fractured English translated in the glossary at front Maynard relays a surprisingly tender story that echoes the original tale's theme of the struggle to belong. The Uglified Ducky's quest is playfully but sympathetically interpreted in James Stimson's luminous droll gouache illustrations.
language: English
title: The Uglified Ducky
publisher: August House