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Gordon, David

The Ugly Truckling

32 pp. | HarperCollins/Geringer | June, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-06-054600-X $$15.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-054601-8 $$16.89
(4) K-3 "Way out west," a mother truck gives birth to a litter of trucklings, one of whom is distinctly different from her siblings. In this hybrid of "The Ugly Duckling" and Are You My Mother?, the unhappy misfit eventually discovers her true identity: she's an airplane. The story is unsatisfying, but the illustrations, on spacious double-page spreads, have an engaging cartoon-cinematic quality.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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