Just as you are, you are exactly right.

Kirsten Boie tells a story of great parental love and a very special chick.
 
When Mom and Dad Duck hatch their egg, they are in for a big surprise: out of the shell comes a little lion. The loving duck parents are overjoyed and do everything for their newborn – no matter how much the other ducks turn up their beaks, noting that this chick is so different from them. When a leopard comes to the duck pond one day, there is great fear. But the little lion heroically defends the ducks. Now even the last duck has finally understood that the lion is one of them. And Mom and Dad? They love their little lion just as much as they have from day one, of course.

A lovingly designed picture book about being different.

• The love of parents for their offspring is simply unshakable: ducks hatch a lion and call him "chick."
• "You are loved just as you are" is the message that gives children good self-esteem.
• Easy to love: See how much strength can come from being different!
• Kirsten Boie, honorary citizen of the city of Hamburg, has received numerous awards for her work, including the German Youth Literature Prize and the Federal Cross of Merit.
• With many colorful illustrations by Barbara Scholz – for children aged 4 and up.