2. Basic Information
 The Ugly Duckling was written by Hans Christian
Andersen and was published by Morrow Junior
Books.
 It was received a Caldecott Honor in 2000.

3. Style
 The style of the Ugly Duckling would definitely be realism. In all
of the illustrations the artist took their time to add realistic
detail.
 Looking at the illustrations is like looking at real life.
 The images are so real and true.
 It is like looking into nature.

4. Media
 The artists tends to use a lot of watercolor painting.
This helps create the natural and realistic feel. There
are not harsh lines or marks. It is more understated
and soft like a baby duckling.
 In the book, the illustrations are very soft and light.

5. Line
 The use of line in this
story was to draw the
readers attention where
the illustrator wanted it.
 In the majority of the
pictures, the lines were
soft and curved.
 This was true because
the illustrations most all
included grass
surrounding the
ducklings and other
images.
 The use of these soft
and curved lines helped
make clear the style of
the story as they made
the illustrations more
real.

6. Shape  These illustrations
consist of many
curved and undefined
shapes.
 It gives the story the
feel of nature and
because the story
takes place in nature
this gives the story a
very real feeling.
 There are not any
harsh lines used in
the illustrations and
this gives the shapes
a more subtle feel.
 The ducklings are soft
and have round
bodies.
 And the grass is
curved and
angled.

7. Color
 The illustrator used the perfect colors
for this story.
 When looking at the pages the media
used was watercolor painting which is
traditionally pastel colors.
 All the pictures had light hues to them.
 The pictures did not have bright or bold
colors to them, but rather a soft and
delicate chroma.

8. Texture
 There was a lot of texture in these
illustrations.
 The artist added so much detail and
texture to each of the pages.
 When looking at the ducklings they all
have lines for their feathers.
 In the book it says that texture is defined
as how the artist can communicate their
tactical impression (Tunnel, pg. 36).
 I think that the artist did a nice job with their
use of texture and making these
illustrations come alive.

9. Composition
 Personally I loved how
this book was balanced.
 The pictures were placed
strategically so that
nothing was blocked with
words and all of the
words were clear.
 Some of the pages just
seemed to frame the
words as to draw the
reader to the words and
then to the illustration
surrounding them.
 It made for a good flow
for the story and the
reading of the story.

10. Conclusion
 I really enjoyed re-
reading this story.
 Personally I had not
seen this particular
version and I
thoroughly enjoyed the
illustrations.
 The artist is incredibly
talented to be able to
pull off such amazingly
beautiful and
surprisingly realistic
illustrations.