Mother Duck is impatient for her eggs to hatch. When they do she's very excited! But one of the ducklings looks very different ...

Hopscotch Fairy Tales retell classic fairy tales in accessible language of no more than 400 words, with bright colourful supporting illustrations by our top authors and illustrators.

This book is part of a book series called Hopscotch-Fairy Tales .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Hachette Children's Group .

Anne Walter is a freelance children`s book writer with a passion for fairy tale and fantasy stories. she has retold many famous fairy tales for reluctant readers, including a set of Hopscotch Fairy Tales. Sarah Horne trained as an Illustrator at Falmouth College of Arts. She has worked in Illustration for Editorial, Advertising and Children's Books for the past three years.