In a parallel to the Ugly Duckling story, Quackeline is a duck who wants to be a swan. She collects books and posters about swans, and she hates being a duck. When she finally gets to meet swans while out swimming with her family, she is thrilled. They let her follow along, but are not at all pleasant, and when they chase away the humans who have come to feed the ducks, Quackeline learns the error of her ways. Her posters go in the bin, and mum says, 'Being yourself is hard work. But it's easier than trying to be someone else!' Part of the Changing Minds Project from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, this lively, colourful picture book teaches an excellent moral lesson.