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Gr 1-3 Young's recasting of "The Ugly Duckling" begins with an abandoned egg discovered by a Native American boy who then places it with a sitting hen. Terse lines of text and spare pastel drawings follow the chicken's astonishment over her ungainly chick. "A hook nose?/Let's call him Hook." When he kicks up a dusty storm and contorts his body to look back at her, she is prophetic in her annoyance: "You are not meant for earth." Young sketches the animals in broad strokes, the dark tones of the strange youngster in bold contrast with th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Handsome spreads eloquently depict the fortunes of an eaglet, born from an abandoned egg (found by a boy and hatched by a puzzled hen), who (after a couple of failed launches) takes triumphant flight in the "great canyon": "he wasn't meant for earth." The minimal text here is nearly superfluous: Young's freely sketched figures, rendered in soft, evanescent strokes, not only tell the story but suggest ideas that transcend the simple yet vital events....Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Handsome spreads eloquently depict the fortunes of an eaglet, born from an abandoned egg, who takes triumphant flight. Young's pale...Log In or Sign Up to Read More