A book about being true to yourself and not trying to be what you aren't. This is a great book for kids. The illustrations and silly rhymes and words make it a fun read-aloud that will be enjoyed by little kids. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Pugly duckling 🤗

It’s an story to teach you to be who you are.
It’s funny, the illustrations are very cute 😍

My nephew was an bit confused that pugly came out of an egg 🤔😬
He just learned on school that dogs are mammals...

But he loved it either way 🤗

Definitely an recommendation

This is a very cute children's book about an ugly "duckling" named John. It is a great story for kids about being true to yourself and using your gifts, whatever they are.

I think the story is very cute, and sends a good message about staying true to yourself and your own abilities and eventually people will see the true value in you.

I think this picture book was a bit quick in comparison to some others that I have read to my nieces, and they didn’t seem to like it as much.

A cute story with an original concept. Pugs are very popular right now and I could see readers gravitating towards this title for that reason. The illustrations look a little amateurish, but overall well executed.

A very cute story about valuing yourself even when you are different. My kids liked the pug and the ducklings that he eventually befriended, but they did have trouble with the idea of a dog being born from an egg.

The illustrations in this book are cute and very wonderfully done. They go along with the story perfectly! I wasn't a fan of John being hatched from an egg.....but I was a fan of how cute he was in his little duck suit and how he decided he was good enough being himself.

The Pugly Duckling is an adorable book about a pair of ducks who long for a baby, when they finally get their wish he's a little different to what they expected.
The story is about accepting yourself and not worrying about what others think.
I read this to my 4 year old son and we both loved the story and the illustrations.

Thank you to NetGalley and Indigo River Publishing for my copy.

I wanted to love this book. I mean, look at the cover! Look at that little pug! It's adorable and part of me did like it. It's a sweet story about a bird couple and their adopted child and it imparts an important lesson about being yourself and accepting who you are. The book is full of alliteration and onomatopoeic words which would appeal to younger children and the illustrations are great.

However, this book would seriously get on my nerves if I had to read it regularly to a small child who adored it. There are only so many times I can read the phrase "ugly-wugly" before I want to cry and the other duckings were so mean to the pug! More importantly, DOGS DON'T HATCH FROM EGGS. Plot device or not, it's stupid and I'd be explaining to any child who reads this story how dogs are mammals, not birds, and thus don't come from eggs! Seriously, the pug could have been adopted by the birds in any other way! It didn't need to be shoved into an egg!

All in all, I could see why kids would like this... But as a parent, I'm not convinced I'd buy it for them.

What a great book to read to your children to teach them about individuality and being themselves. The world we live in can be scary, and children can feel sad or disappointed when they are not like others. The Pugly Duckling shows children that being your true self is the best you can be! Poor John just wanted to fit in with the ducklings, but being a dog made him that much more loveable!

Oh my goshhhhhh....too much cute in one little book!

John the Pug learns self acceptance in this cutie-patooty story about owning who you are and loving yourself exactly as you are.

Gorgeous, fun and engaging photographs will engage littles as they learn big lessons.

I loved it!

Thank you to Indigo River Publishing for giving me an ARC of this book. It was my pleasure to write an honest review.

I read it with my son who loves dogs. Talks quite a lot about the importance of family and support even when there might be many differences.
I loved how the ducks broke their barriers and became brave, too.

Will keep this copy on Kindle for regular reading. It might become my son's new favorite!

This was a fun little read with all the silly words to make my son laugh. I love the concept behind the book of not trying to fit in and just being true to your self. It was a cute little read with fun illustrations

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As a pug owner, I will literally read anything with a pug on the cover so this one was exciting for me to read! Unfortunately, this was just an okay read.

I liked the premise of the story and the overall message of being yourself and not letting anyone change you to their liking. But I didn’t like how often it was mentioned that the pug was fat or that he looked weird or behaved weird. Like a lot of the descriptions made me really uncomfortable and it’s not something that I would want to read to a kid.

The art itself was alright! Not my favourite but it was super colorful and I can definitely see children being drawn in by it and it keeping their attention.

3/5⭐️

A lovely book with a re-do of The Ugly Duckling story! Precious for little kids to know they only have to be themselves for people who matter to care!

I was granted complimentary access to The Pugly Duckling by Carla Siravo through the publisher Indigo River Publishing in exchange for an honest review via NetGalley.

The Pugly Duckling is a cute spin on the classic Ugly Duckling tale, but this time the ugly duckling isn't even a bird, it's a dog! John the "pugly" duckling isn't accepted by his duckling peers until fate provides him the opportunity to show that sometimes having a canine friend around is a good thing. This is a cute book about accepting those who are different and how everyone has value and varied important talents..

The illustrations are adorable, too!

The story is fun and very easy for young readers to understand. I love the colorful illustration and also the rhymes. It'd be a perfect bedtime story!

Very enjoyable romp, mostly in rhyme, concerning a pair of ducks that get an ugly duckling for a child, but there's no way he's going to grow up to become a swan – the creature that came out of their egg (don't even think about the biology here) is a pug dog. And however much he wants to fit in and be down with the chicks, they see right through him. How can they ever get to accept him? Bright illustrations in a modern style kind of contrast with the fact that the moral, of being yourself and that being enough, should be as old as the hills. Yet it almost seems to be a completely fresh new story here, so this demonstration of the power of not conforming is most welcome. Still worried about how many children will expect dogs to hatch from eggs as a result, mind...

The Pugly duckling is a sweet book for kids with fun illustrations.
A cute read, perfect for children! This one is definitely one to consider when choosing something to gift for family members with younger members.
The illustrations are lovely and the story is easy to follow The language with rhyming made is fun and easy to read. Great moral about being true to yourself and believe.
Little John was lovely 🥰
Thank you NetGalley for the Arc in return for a review.

This was an interesting update "The Ugly Duckling" story. I enjoyed the colorful art style, though I do wish more of the pages integrated the text. The writing was fun and would be engaging to read with/to children.