The Ugly Five by Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

Luffy didn't read this book but I still want to include it because I loved it. I read this book at The Bookshelf Library a few weeks back but Preeti didn't think it was age appropriate for Luffy yet. I read it again last Sunday and I still like it. The book revolves around five "ugly" animals, and how they band together because of their ugliness. In the end, their children greet them and shower love on them, telling them how beautiful they are.

The Ugly Five is by Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler, whose work we have written about multiple times in the past. See for example The Gruffalo or the Snail on the Whale. And this was one of those rhymy books by Julia Donaldson so it was fun to sing it out loud.

P.S. I hope Luffy picks this up and reads it at some point in the future - not for the lesson on physical beauty - but for the simpler lesson on the animal kingdom and evolution!