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The Trumpet of the Swan 50th Anniversary

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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. 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 UpdikeThe 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. Read more


Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; Collectors,Anniversary edition (September 1, 2020)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0064408671


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 77


Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 - 10 years, from customers


Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 750L


Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.3 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.5 x 7.25 inches


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    • Gave it to my girlfriend, she turned trans.
Not even a joke btw. Pretty bummed out about it. The book was good though and she really liked it.
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2023 by Dongo
    • Another Very Good Book For Kids by E.B. White
This is the third book by E.B. White that I have read to my daughters (ages 6 & 8), and they have greatly enjoyed all of them (the other two of course were "Charlotte's Web" and "Stuart Little"). It is the story of a young trumpeter swan named Louis who is born with a birth defect in that he can't talk. It seems verbal communication is a great part of a swan's courting ritual, and since Louis can't use his voice to say "Ko-Hoh", his mother and father believe this will be a great disadvantage for him when he gets older and wants to attract a mate. At great personal risk and dishonor, Louis' father, the old cob, sets out to help his son by stealing a brass trumpet from a music store so that his son will have a voice. The old cob is a very funny character. He is always making all of these long winded speeches, and his wife has to cut him off or he would go on forever. The beginning of the book reads likes a nature lesson, and you learn all about swans raising cygnets (baby swans) in their natural inhabitant, but then in the later chapters it turns into an adventure story as Louis sets out on his own. To repay his father for his sacrifice, Louis goes to school to learn to read and write so that he can communicate with humans, and then he sets out to pay off his father's debt and to restore his family name. With the help of a young boy named Sam Beaver who had become friends with this family of swans back in Canada, Louis gets a job as a bugler at a summer camp Sam was working at. Sam knows a lot about nature and wants to work in a zoo when he grows up. At camp KooKooskoos Louis makes many friends, and learns to play revelry and taps on his bugle, and earn a little bit of money as well. At the end of the summer when the camp closes Louis moves to Boston to get a second job working on the swan boats at the Boston Common. (You are greatly reminded at this point of "Make Way for Ducklings" which takes place in the same atmosphere.) The man who owns the swan boats is very nice to Louis and puts him up at the Ritz Hotel for a while. After Sam returns and helps Louis again by surgically separating one of his webbed feet, the quality of Louis' trumpet playing greatly improves. Louis then starts to become well known, and is offered a job as a jazz musician in Philadelphia. He moves out to Philadelphia and stays at the Philadelphia Zoo for a while. It is the custom of the head man at this zoo however to clip a wing of any bird that comes there that they want to keep. This prevents them from flying away. In order for Louis to keep his freedom and not to have his wing clipped he has to agree to play a free concert every Sunday for the people of Philadelphia. By fate it is here in Philadelphia at the zoo, that he meets his true love Serena and woes her with his trumpet playing. After earning enough money to pay off his father's debt, they move back to Montana to start a family. While the book was great there was one minor negative thing I found that prevented it from being quite perfect. In the story Louis goes to great lengths to explain the value of freedom, but then in the end he volunteers to leave one of his cygnets at the Philadelphia zoo whenever they need a new one. Since this would remove that cygnet's freedom, it seemed kind of hypocritical. E.B. White does appears to support zoos in this story, but with the amount of mixed signals he sends it wasn't always whole heartedly. The illustrations in they book by Fred Marcellino were very good and added immensely to the story. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2005 by Brian P. McDonnell
    • Another family favorite
The Trumpet of the Swan turned out to be another big hit for my family and I to share together. You know you have a big hit with my kids when they will do whatever you ask of them just so you will sit there and read the next chapter!! TOTS is told from a number of different perspectives. It starts off from the perspective of Sam Beaver, a young boy from Montana on vacation with his father in the Canadian Wilderness. Sam is an introspective young man. He likes to explore and think by himself, he worries about his future, and he keeps a journal where he asks himself questions to ponder every night before he goes to sleep. My 8-year-old Noah was quite taken with that idea and I am getting a journal book of his own to write down his thoughts and make little pictures to keep. Sam is also brave and patient. His patience pays off when one day the Mother Swan and her Cob allow their new cygnets to meet him. And that is how Sam meets Lois, the little swan without a voice. In a very tender moment little Lois, who has no voice, pulls Sam's shoe lace as a way to say hello. The imagination of my young sons were so inspired with what it would take to have a wild bird like Lois come that close to them. We can't even get the stray cats in our neighborhood to stand still long enough for a pat on the head!! The Cob and his wife have come to Canada for the purpose of raising a family. The first couple of chapters are dedicated to the challenges of building a nest and hatching the young cygnets. This is my favorite part of the book! The cob, is a master orator! He never says in anything in 5 words when 50 will do much better! He is arrogant, verbose, flamboyant and charming. He cracked us all up more than once! But the central character in the book is Lois the swan, a trumpeter swan without a voice! As it turns out this is a major birth defect for this young swan if he ever hopes to communicate with his fellow swans, but particularly if he ever hopes to woo and court a female trumpeter swan. Lois sets out on his own to learn how to communicate and with the help of Sam Beaver, he learns to read and write! With his trusty chalkboard and pencil he certainly can communicate with people. But swans cannot read. My children were mortified at the illustration of Lois swimming around with the sign saying "I love you" trying to woo the swan of his dreams, Serena. Love even makes swans surrender some of their dignity I guess. Thanks to bold and brave actions by the cob, Lois does get a voice through a regular musical trumpet! This series of events sets on on a path that leads him to Ontario, Boston, Philadelphia and then eventually through the American South and then back up to Montana. For geography, tracking Lois's adventures on the map and learning about each of these places can make for interesting lessons. [...] The Trumpet of the Swan is a family story, a love story, and adventure story, and a comedy. I highly recommend it for the entire family! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2007 by Elena Lavictoire
    • A favorite at our home for 40 years!
Best book ever! The mute swan's parents' relationship is highly amusing to adults - I don't know if kids are tuned into it. A great story overall - my kids have all read it to/with their kids. This is good for all ages.
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023 by Mary E
    • E.B. White’s narration is key
E.B. White narrates this story in deadpan humor, making the dialogue come alive as only the author could. I avoided this story for decades, bought it for my kids and loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023 by C. W.
    • Teaches a good lesson
I heard about this book from my bus driver during my Alaska trip. He was a young man in his late 20 s and this was his favorite book as a child. It became my granddaughters as well
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023 by Margaret Chadwick

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