You’ll recognize elements of the traditional Ugly Duckling fairy tale in these fractures tales. Some are far more fractured than others!
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Mother Duck is shocked to find an ugly duckling hatching from one of her eggs. The homely bird is driven off to fend for himself. Survival, however, takes more than good looks.
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In this take on “The Ugly Duckling,” a tyrannosaurus rex is hatched in a nest of ducklings.
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The classic story “The Ugly Duckling” retold with a twist: What if it was about a red panda raised by cats?
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A lonely, oddly-shaped pumpkin is sad that no one chose him for Halloween, but by Thanksgiving he has discovered where he belongs.
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When strange-looking pony Bella is born at a prize-winning stud yard, nobody wants to be her friend. She looks too different to fit in.
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An entertaining diary format based on this much-loved fairy tale, told from the perspective of the Ugly Duckling himself.
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Dino Duckling can dive, swim and fish just like his duckling brothers and sisters. But when the time comes for the family to fly south for the winter, Dino Duckling finds he really is different!
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