{"id":9369,"date":"2026-03-20T02:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T02:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:57:37","slug":"the-ugly-duckling-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"THE UGLY DUCKLING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful illustrations that ignite a passion for books in children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[3109,22,3088,19],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9369","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-childrens-books","product_cat-education-reference","product_cat-fiction-literature","product_cat-school","pa_contributors-team-of-editors","pa_copyright-global-mbd-africa-publishing","pa_language-english","pa_publisher-global-mbd-africa-publishing","first","instock","virtual","sold-individually","taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa - Book Buddy AI Retail and Subsciptions South Africa\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"THE UGLY DUCKLING - Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/BB-ZA-1200x630px.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/BB-ZA-1200x630px.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-20T02:24:37+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-03T16:57:37+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snapplify\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Snapplify\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"THE UGLY DUCKLING - Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/BB-ZA-1200x630px.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product-category\\\/school\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"School\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product-category\\\/school\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"School\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product-category\\\/school\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"THE UGLY DUCKLING\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"THE UGLY DUCKLING\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product-category\\\/school\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"School\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"ItemPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/#itempage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"THE UGLY DUCKLING - Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa\",\"description\":\"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-20T02:24:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-03T16:57:37+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa\",\"description\":\"Book Buddy AI Retail and Subsciptions South Africa\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Snapplify-Book-Buddy-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":914,\"height\":201},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/product\\\/the-ugly-duckling-2\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/snapplify\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Snapplify\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/snapplify\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@SnapplifyViewer\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/snapplify\"]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/\",\"name\":\"Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa\",\"description\":\"Book Buddy AI Retail and Subsciptions South Africa\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\\\/za\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"THE UGLY DUCKLING - Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa","description":"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful","canonical_url":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product-category\/school\/#listItem","name":"School"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product-category\/school\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"School","item":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product-category\/school\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/#listItem","name":"THE UGLY DUCKLING"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"THE UGLY DUCKLING","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product-category\/school\/#listItem","name":"School"}}]},{"@type":"ItemPage","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/#itempage","url":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/","name":"THE UGLY DUCKLING - Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa","description":"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2026-03-20T02:24:37+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-03T16:57:37+00:00"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/#organization","name":"Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa","description":"Book Buddy AI Retail and Subsciptions South Africa","url":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Snapplify-Book-Buddy-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/#organizationLogo","width":914,"height":201},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snapplify","https:\/\/x.com\/Snapplify","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snapplify\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SnapplifyViewer","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/snapplify"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/","name":"Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa","description":"Book Buddy AI Retail and Subsciptions South Africa","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa - Book Buddy AI Retail and Subsciptions South Africa","og:type":"article","og:title":"THE UGLY DUCKLING - Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa","og:description":"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful","og:url":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/","og:image":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/BB-ZA-1200x630px.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/BB-ZA-1200x630px.png","article:published_time":"2026-03-20T02:24:37+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-06-03T16:57:37+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snapplify","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@Snapplify","twitter:title":"THE UGLY DUCKLING - Book Buddy Snapplify South Africa","twitter:description":"Holy Faith Readers are a collection of stories written in simple language to help children acquire the skill of reading rnThe first books that children read are picture books and these play an important role in a child\u2019s development rnThe picture books can be used to teach young children to read rnThe books have colourful","twitter:image":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/BB-ZA-1200x630px.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"9369","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2026-03-20 07:54:22","updated":"2026-06-06 05:17:52","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product-category\/school\/\" title=\"School\">School<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tTHE UGLY DUCKLING\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za"},{"label":"School","link":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product-category\/school\/"},{"label":"THE UGLY DUCKLING","link":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/product\/the-ugly-duckling-2\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9369"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9369"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbuddy.snapplify.ai\/za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}