The Uglified Ducky by Willy Claflin

The Uglified Ducky is a more or less the story of "The Ugly Duckling", but with a few slight twists. Instead of the "uglified ducky" isn't a duck at all it's a moose, and instead of turning into a beautiful swan, the moose finds what he really is and realizes that "everybody is a beautiful something or other".
The glossary of moose words and their English equivalents at the beginning of the book is a must read. It gave me a chuckle before I even began the story. I read the book out loud and really liked it, but I was glad to see that the version I had comes with a CD as well. I think if read by the right person this book would be such a hit with kids-young AND old.