THE PERFECT WIZARD, BIOGRAPHY OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, & THE UGLIFIED DUCKY

THE PERFECT WIZARD, BIOGRAPHY OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON by Jane Yolen

PLUS: THE UGLIFIED DUCKY, A MAYNARD MOOSE TALE as told by Willie Claflin (includes the story on CD)

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THE PERFECT WIZARD, BIOGRAPHY OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON by Jane Yolen

If you were born to a poor family in 1805, do you think you would grow up to be wealthy?

If your mother told lies and you turned lies into fairy tales, would you think anyone would think you a genius?

If people said your grandfather was "mad" and then children called you "crazy," too, would you want to keep writing stories for them?

If people called you "ugly," would you want to appear on the stage?

If you didn't know a soul in a strange big city, would you go there to live completely on your own when you were fourteen-years old?

If you didn't get to go to school, would you start going to school when you were seventeen?

If people didn't like the stories you wrote, would you persevere and even pay to get them published in a book?

Hans Christian Andersen did all of these things and more! How could someone who experienced so much suffering and humiliation in his lifetime, bring happiness to others?

Now you can read his biography in a beautiful picture book by Jane Yolen. At the bottom of each page, you can see a snapshot of one of his stories, inspired by his childhood and his struggles. Read about his determination to gain fame and the long road to his genius being discovered. His fairy tales have lived happily ever after in the hearts of children and kings for hundreds of years. He was The Perfect Wizard.

The Kids Wings literature guide was written by Suzy Red and comes to you in both PowerPoint and PDF formats for awesome projection and fast, clear printing.

The 18-pages of activities for The Perfect Wizard include:

Anticipation Guide

Crossword Puzzle

Six-Page Readers’ Theater Script for the traditional "Ugly Duckling"

Character Study

Multiple Choice Comprehension

Writing Prompts

Professionally Recorded Song by Suzy Red and Ted Newman

and MORE!

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THE UGLIFIED DUCKY, A MAYNARD MOOSE TALE as told by Willie Claflin

"The Ugly Duckling" comes to the moose world in this hysterical story told in "The Uglified Ducky" in book and on the CD inside! Storytelling doesn't get more fun than this and the proof is that kids and adults alike are stampeding to read and listen over and over to Mayanard Moose tell his endearing story in his moosey dialect!

Illustrations by James Stimson provide the perfect comic background for the story of a baby moose who is found by Mommy Ducky. "Ooo, Look at that! That is a uglified ducky!"

As a companion book, you must have The Perfect Wizard by Jane Yolen. Now you can read the biography of Hans Christian Andersen who wrote the original story of "The Ugly Duckling" in a beautiful picture book by Jane Yolen. At the bottom of each page, you can see a snapshot of one of his stories, inspired by his childhood and his struggles. Read about his determination to gain fame and the long road to his genius being discovered. His fairy tales have lived happily ever after in the hearts of children and kings for hundreds of years. He was The Perfect Wizard.

The Kids Wings unit for THE UGLIFIED DUCKY, A MAYNARD MOOSE TALE includes:

Willie Claflin's amazing storytelling on CD in the book
Discussion Cards

Crossword Puzzle

Storytelling Guide

Multiple Choice Comprehension

Dialect and Non-Standard English

Comparison of Books

Answer Keys

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