Happily Ever After: The Ugly Duckling by Annie White

Happily EverAfter The Ugly Duckling

Illustrated by Annie White

Happily EverAfter The Ugly Duckling

For my wonderful family and families everywhere whatever their size, shape or idiosyncrasies may be.

First published in Australia 2016

by New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd ABN 67 126 171 757 Suite 3, Level 2, 18 Aquatic Drive, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086, Australia www.newfrontier.com.au Text copyright Š 2016 New Frontier Publishing Illustrations copyright Š 2016 Annie White This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the publishers.

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: The Ugly Duckling / illustrated by Annie White.

ISBN: 9781925059526 (hardback) Series: Happily Ever After.

Target Audience: For primary school age.

Subjects: Ducks--Juvenile fiction.

Families--Juvenile fiction.

Fairy tales--Juvenile fiction.

Other Creators/Contributors: White, Annie, illustrator.

Dewey Number: A823.4 Designed by Celeste Hulme Printed in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Happily EverAfter The Ugly Duckling

Illustrated by Annie White

A long time ago a duck sat on her nest, waiting for her eggs to hatch. The sun was shining and all the other ducks were swimming in the water.

Mother Duck wanted her eggs to hatch so she could enjoy the sunshine. She didn’t have to wait for long. One by one, the eggs hatched.

Everyone admired Mother Duck’s four little ducklings.

They ran around in circles. ‘Quack quack quack!’ they said.