Statistics-wise, the book has a 4.6 star rating on Amazon and a 3.95 star rating on Goodreads. The Kirkus Reviews magazine positively reviewed the book as “heartwarming”, while Publishers Weekly praised Fierstein for handling "serious and silly moments with aplomb". Fierstein was then contacted by Simon & Schuster to turn his original script into a children’s picture book. The Sissy Duckling, however, was not made into an episode of Happily Ever After, but rather an entirely separate TV special aired on HBO in 1999. They asked him to make a Jewish version of a classic Western fairy-tale, but Fierstein thought that a fairy-tale modified to center a gay character was more needed at the time, choosing Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling to modify and recreate. Creation įierstein was inspired to write the story of The Sissy Duckling after being asked to write an episode for the HBO series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child.
The special was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode. It is based off of an HBO children's special aired three years before the book was released, written by and starring Fierstein as the voice of Elmer the Duckling. It follows the story of Elmer, a duckling who is mocked for being a "sissy" but who ultimately proves his bravery. It is 40 pages long and intended for children ages 5–8. The Sissy Duckling is a children's picture book written by actor Harvey Fierstein and illustrated by Henry Cole.
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