A Bird Named Bob
A Sage Retelling of "The Ugly Duckling"
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Bob ate with the ducks. Bob ate with the swans. Bob swam with the ducks. Bob swam with the swans. Bob slept with the ducks. Bob slept with the swans. But Bob did not look like the ducks, and Bob did not act like the swans.
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About the Book
Growing up as a light-skinned, half-Black, half-White child in a mostly Black community, Hans Christian Anderson’s story “The Ugly Duckling” struck a chord with me. When I moved into a mostly White community, it struck a nerve. This past year has been one of change for all of us. We have seen a pandemic, a racial reckoning, and a world that is drowning and burning at the same time. Yet I have hope, because we are looking at the stories we have been telling ourselves, and choosing tell better ones. So go forth, my story and give hope.
About the Author
Ms. Sage is a multicultural nurse with a deep belief that we can change the world through the stories we tell our children. Through her retellings of traditional tales she hopes to show both children and adults that together we can create a culture of tolerance and free and fair exchange of ideas, because a world with a culture of understanding will allow all of us to live together happily ever after.