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Title: The Trumpet of the Swan (special edition) by E. B. White, Fred Marcellino ISBN: 0-06-441094-3 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.66 (68 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the finest children's books ever written
Comment: Often overlooked in favor of CHARLOTTE'S WEB (and probably STUART LITTLE, what with the film coming out), THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN is an unforgettable, poetic and deeply moving story of love, friendship, and most importantly, coming to terms with a disability. I read this book as a child, and years later, can appriciate it on a whole new level. Years after I read this book, I was diagnosed with fine and gross motor disabilities, which made tasks like handwriting very difficult for me. Thanks to computers and the like, I have been able to surpass this problem- and am now actually pursuing an English Major in college. One of the things that helped me over the years was thinking back to this book, with its story of Louis the mute swan, whose father commits a crime to give him a trumpet to let his voice be heard and live some semblance of a normal life- and how Louis, in a quest to repay the world for his father's crime, manages to win the heart of his great love and gain world-wide fame. Written in White's own simple yet profound prose (this is the co-author of THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE, after all), no one who reads this book will ever forget it. This book literally changed my life- buy a copy, and let it change someone else's life as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: From this book you can learn the relationship about swans.
Comment: Sam, a boy, who loves wildlife, one day found a pair of trumpeter swans, the female was laying eggs. He plans to keep what he saw a secret. Then the next time he saw them, there were cygnets. One of them was named, Louis, he cannot talk. When his father finds out about this, he travels to Billings, Montana. There he steals a valuable brass trumpet. Louis practices very hard on the trumpet. Then Sam takes Louis to his school, where he learned to write. He wrote to Louis that he needs a job. He finds jobs everywhere. Read to find out how Louis pays off the brass trumpet.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very inspirational
Comment: First of all, I love it when you have to use your imagination in a story and E.B. White is a wonderful story-teller. Whenever I read this book, I think of lazy summer nights by the campfire and someone telling this story to sleepy-eyed children, while the lightening bugs flicker and owls hooting in the distance. It's a great story for all ages.
Louis is born without a voice. He is a Trumpeter Swan and he must have a voice otherwise he won't be able to mate someday. He went to school with his friend, Sam Beaver, and learned to read and write. But that didn't help because none of the other swans knew how to read and write. So his father decided to steal a trumpet for Louis so Louis can "talk." And the adventures for Louis begin as he works all across the USA to pay for the stolen trumpet and the damages to the store. Along the way, Louis finds his true love again and they get married.
It's a wonderful story about courage, honesty and bravery. Louis braved strange places and made himself a living to earn money to pay back his father's debts. It's a deeply imaginative story as well ~~ you can almost see the mist rising off the small pond in Canada in the early sunrise.
No matter how old you are, you are never too old to read this rich story. It's written for everyone who has an imagination. It's a must-read for serious readers ~~ it stays with you for a life-time!
1-12-04
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Title: Stuart Little by E. B. White, Garth Williams ISBN: 0064400565 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 15 May, 1974 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, Garth Williams ISBN: 0064400557 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 15 May, 1974 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden ISBN: 0440415632 Publisher: Random House Children's Books Pub. Date: 15 September, 1970 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Lane Smith ISBN: 0140374248 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 26 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard & Florence Atwater ISBN: 0316058432 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 02 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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