The Ugly Five
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By Julia Donaldson, and and, Axel Scheffler
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257 reviews
The funny and joyful picture book from the number one bestselling author and illustrator of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog.
’Morning had dawned on the African plain.
The lion lay grooming his glorious mane.
The kudu looked cool and the rhino looked fine.
The bright pink flamingos looked simply divine.
The zebra looked graceful; the leopard look great.
Oh what a picture of beauty – but wait!’
Reviews
I loved it
It was really good. I liked it at the end when their children said “you’re not ugly, you’re beautiful”.
It was very good. It's very funny! It's the best book ever and I love it.
The story is funny in some places
it is all round good
I liked the cheetah because I like all the spots and it runs fast
I liked when the babies love their parents and call them the beautiful five
My favorite character is the hyena . I wish my friend could read this .
I love this book, it’s one of my favourites and I like going through naming all the different animals at the end of the book too
This book is funny.
I like the different animal names.
I like this book how. It shows lots of animals as I find it interesting
Love the rhyming and how it shows us that everyone is beautiful in there own way
I like it because at the end they turned to the lovely five.
Super funny. Their babies didn't think they were ugly.
They think they’re ugly but they’re actually really nice
Loved it
Another good book - great book of explaining people/animals beauty is within and not to judge from the first impressions.
I likes when the little ones said they were lovely and kind
This is a wonderful story, following the hardships of the most ‘ugly’ animals in South Africa. The twist at the end is truly heartwarming and encourages us all to look for the beauty and love in everything. The songs are written in true Donaldson style and the rhyming is unashamedly brilliant as usual. This would make a great KS1 or even lower KS2 book linked to habitats or animal topics or even geography based looking at continents.
I loved the rhyming words, the rhythm of the book and the message at the end. It reminded me of my mummy and that I love her no matter how she looks. The babies all loved their parents and they didn't care that everyone else thought they were ugly because they were kind inside which is all that matters.
My favourite character is the hyena because I like the spots on the animal
Love this story
This story tells us that all creatures is beautiful
Story about the ugliest animals on the savannah
I love all of the characters, my favourite was the warthog
I love when the group travels to find more ugly animals and all to become friends . I like all the animals
I liked all the rhyming and that all the animals were loved by their families
Loved the pictures
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