The Ugly Duckling

by Shogo Hirata

A retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale

Genres: Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Shogo Hirata (平田昭吾) is a picture book author and translator born in Manchuria (now Shenyang, northeastern China). He grew up in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

A pioneer of Japanese animated picture book culture, he has published 300 volumes (330 in total). He is also highly regarded outside of Japan, with the total number of volumes published overseas exceeding 300 million by 2005.

Reviews

[M . · Rating 4 out of 5]

داستان این کتاب رو دوست داشتم اولش یکم ناراحت کننده ست اما پایان خوبش باعث میشه دوست داشتنی باشه ، یک داستان زیبا برای بچه ها
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[Y_falahati · Rating 3 out of 5]

غذایِ روحِ کودکِ درونم:)))

[Josiah · Rating 2 out of 5]

For me, this book had a significant obstacle to overcome in that it was a retelling of such a beautiful, classic story when there have already been so many such retellings.
I think that the author did a good job of sensitively recreating the tale, though, and infusing it with freshness while maintaining an easy picture book feel. This was better than I had anticipated.