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1) Shrek!
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Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig's SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Ordinary, that is, if a foul and hideous being who ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet is what you consider ordinary.
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Who's that singing on the savanna? It's the top-five ugly animals in Africa! The wildebeest, warthog, vulture, hyena and marabou stork swagger proudly across the savanna, rejoicing in their ugliness--and delighting their babies, who think they're perfect just the way they are.
4) Shrek!
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Shrek, a horrid ogre, goes out into the world to find adventure and along the way encounters a witch, a knight in armor, a dragon and, finally a hideous princess who is even uglier than he is!
5) The ugly egg
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When she fails to lay her own eggs, Posy the puffin finds and takescare of a large ugly egg hidden on the ice, but she gets more than shebargained for when it hatches.
6) Hiznobyuti
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Unattractive from birth, Hiznobyuti hides himself away until a fight with his family and a message from the stars set him on an adventure of self-discovery, communication, and reconciliation.
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"Este monstruo afirma que él es el más feo del mundo. Pronto llega un segundo monstruo ¡diciendo que él es el más feo! ¿Y qué ocurre cuando llega un tercer monstruo? Quizás la mejor manera de descubrirlo es mirándose en un espejo. ¿Les ayudará a decidir quién es el monstruo más feo del mundo?" --
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Una nueva versión del cuento de hadas de Hans Christian Andersen. Después de que los huevos de una madre pato eclosionan, uno de los patitos es percibido por los otros animales como una pequeña criatura fea y sufre mucho abuso verbal y físico. Sale del corral y vive con patos y gansos salvajes hasta que los cazadores matan los rebaños. Encuentra un hogar con una anciana, pero su gato y su gallina se burlan de él sin piedad y, una vez más, parte...
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In Disney's live-action film Beauty and the Beast, Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the caste's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince inside. This manga explores the Beast's struggle as he tries to move on from his past and learn what it is to love.
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