This is a great little bedtime reading book to read to kids. A moose narrates the story of the "uglified duckling" with creativity and charm. ( )

This picture book open with a question that is posed to the reader. The Uglified ducking attempts to connect to the reader by asking if they have ever felt like they did not belong. The story goes on to tell of how the main character is treated like all of the other ducklings and is trained in all things duck. Despite his attempts to be a duck, he fails. The beautiful part of this story is that the Uglified Ducking finds out who he truly is and joins the group of moose who welcome him and teaches him to love himself. This story would be great to teach SEL. Instructors can use this book to build confidence in students. This book can also be used to teach onomatopoeia in third grade during ELA. ( )

This cute picture book is a great story about acceptance. The story tells a tale of Maynard an uglified ducky learns to accept himself. This book is great for teaching students about accepting one another. This is a cute story for all grades and I would use it at the beginning on the year as an icebreaker activity. ( )

This book is about a moose that is lost when he is little and is now being raised by a duck family. The moose has a very hard time because he cannot do anything the other ducks can do. He finally meets a moose family and does not feel that he is just an uglified ducky. I would use this book to teach students about onomatopoeia and to show detailing words. This would also be a great book for students that might not feel accepted to show them that moose felt the same way, but he found where he belonged. ( )

This is a great book. It is about a moose that gets lost when he was younger and is being raised by a family of ducks. The moose goes through many trials while being raised by ducks because he can't do anything that the duckies can do. Eventually he gets to meet with his moose family and finally does not feel like an uglified ducky. This book uses great detailed words and gives the reader a true feeling of how the moose felt while being raised by duckies. ( )