Claflin, W. (2008). The Uglified Ducky. New York: August House.
The Uglified Ducky is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee. The main character is Maynard Moose. This story has an interesting plot, as it's told from the perspective of the moose. The setting is the wilderness and the main problem is that a baby moose becomes associated with a family of ducklings despite the fact that he doesn't look like them, act like them, or simply is like them. Despite these difference, the mother duck accepts him, and the baby moose never gives up trying to be like them. Then one day, the baby moose travels off by himself and is discovered by a mama moose. After a small test to prove the moose is not a duck, he discovers he really is a moose and lives happily ever after in the forest.
The illustrations in the book are wonderful. It's hard to tell which is more humorous, the story line, told with great dialogue, true in tongue, or the illustrations, which add depth with detail to an already well written story.
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