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The Trumpet of the Swan: Full Color Edition
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The Trumpet of the Swan: Full Color Edition Paperback - 2001

by E. B. White; Fred Marcellino (Illustrator)

Although he lacks a voice in the traditional sense, trumpeter swan Louis learns to speak to the world with a trumpet stolen from a music store by his father. The swan has some rather unswanlike adventures and ultimately wins the love--and the freedom--of a beautiful swan named Serena. A special color edition on high quality paper.


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The delightful classic by E. B. White, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, about overcoming obstacles and the joy of music. This edition features Fred Marcellino's gorgeous illustrations in full color!

Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him.

Louis tries everything he can think of to win Serena's affection--he even goes to school to learn to read and write. But nothing seems to work. Then his father steals him a real brass trumpet. Is a musical instrument the key to winning Louis his love?

"We, and our children, are lucky to have this book." --John Updike

The Trumpet of the Swan joins E. B. White favorites Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little as classic illustrated novels that continue to speak to today's readers. Whether you curl up with your young reader to share these books or hand them off for independent reading, you are helping to create what are likely to be all-time favorite reading memories.

First line

Walking back to camp through the swamp, Sam wondered whether to tell his father what he had seen.

From the rear cover

Swan Song

Like the rest of his family, Louis is a trumpeter swan. But unlike his four brothers and sisters, Louis can't trumpet joyfully. In fact, he can't even make a sound. And since he can't trumpet his love, the beautiful swan Serena pays absolutely no attention to him.

Louis tries everything he can think of to win Serena's affection--#8212;he even goes to school to learn to read and write. But nothing seems to work. Then his father steals him a real brass trumpet. Is a musical instrument the key to winning Louis his love?

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  • Title The Trumpet of the Swan: Full Color Edition
  • Author E. B. White; Fred Marcellino (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Special
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, New York, New York
  • Date October 2, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780064410946 / 0064410943
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 750
  • Themes
    • Catalog Heading: Classics
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Trumpeter swan, Swans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 9944250
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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