The Ugly Duckling

About this book

One of Andersens best-loved tales in a glorious retelling with lush atmospheric paintings and an engaging narrationOnce upon a time there was a maligned misfit who grew into the most glorious creature of them all. Never has such a fairy tale transformation touched more hearts than the one in "The Ugly Duckling " one of Hans Christian Andersens most familiar and cherished stories. Now in the hands of esteemed translator Stephen Mitchell an iconographic fable regains all the humor and pathos of its very first telling. And with their vivid arresting collage illustrations Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher bring an oft-told tale to soaring new life.