- Ducks, Fiction, Self-esteem, Sex role
Elmer the duck is teased because he is different, but he proves himself by not only surviving the winter, but also saving his Papa.
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Classical in form, contemporary, resolved and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Harvey Fierstein
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 40
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Aladdin
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416903130
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First sentence
“Elmer was the happiest duckling in the whole forest.”
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