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

An ugly and unloved duckling turns out to be a beautiful swan.

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

Sophie the swan joins a ballet class and works hard to earn a part in the end-of-year performance of Swan Lake.

Eleven brothers, turned into wild swans by an evil stepmother, are saved by the sacrifices of their beautiful sister, Elise.

The classic tale of an ugly duckling rejected by its siblings and other farm animals and how it makes its way through life trying to find a place to belong and be accepted. Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Robert Ingpen.

"On a dull gray day, a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills and ibises. Foxes, rabbits and deer appear in this paradise, then butterflies and even bigger, more beautiful flowers. The boy unleashes his dog on shore, and the dog bounds...

En vez de ser un patito feo como en los cuentos de hadas, el cisne chiquito, adoptado por una pata, se cree muy bonito. Se pone muy tonto y vanidoso. A rhyming story about a handsome duckling and his adventures, a humorous adaptation of the Ugly duckling.