'The Ugly Five' by Julia Donaldson

Hardback
 
We've all heard of 'The Big Five' the top five animals to spot on safari in Africa including the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo.  This book however celebrates a lesser known group 'The Ugly Five' -  the wildebeest, the bald vulture, the hyena, the marabou stork and the warthog.  They might be ugly on the outside but this jaunty rhyming book from the infamous duo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, shows that beauty is only skin deep and these animals are perfect just the way they are.