by Fred Marcellino, E.B. White
The Trumpet of the Swan is a great fictional story that should be read in fifth grade. It teaches the importance of helping others and family.
Louis is a young swan who cannot speak. When his father steals a trumpet for him, he is thrilled but troubled about the debt his father incurred. He goes to work to earn the money to pay for the trumpet.Sam is a young boy who loves the outdoors and observing the Wild life in their natural habitat. H...
So maybe I wasn't expecting this book to turn out like it did. First five chapters were straight-up Jean Craighead George nature documentary. I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. Chapter six: sudden, abrupt left turn into Danny and the Dinosaur territory. (or Sammy the Seal, if yo...
I have mixed feelings about The Trumpet of the Swan. First the pluses. Our toddler enjoyed the read along very much. She thought my imitation of the swans' "ko-hoh!" was silly. Fred Marcellino's beautiful sepia drawings really helped tell the story. And the closing lines made me feel warm and fuzzy ...
It's fine. Cute. Gender normative.
It a sweet story and I would recement reading it before watching the movie but I have read and watched the movie and it somewhat similar to the book but the book is quite more detailed.
I have no idea how I managed to not read this as a kid. It's way more fun than Stuart Little, not nearly as sad/good as Charlotte's Web, but almost as funny. Maybe funnier, actually. Just like in Charlotte's Web, E.B. ends the book with a calm, beautiful, somewhat embarrassing paragraph that I wa...
I read this book, as a child, after reading Charlotte's Web and was sorely disappointed in it compared to Charlotte's Web, and didn't find it near as enjoyable. I did enjoy it though..thus, the 3 star rating.
Everyone always cites Charlotte's Web or Stuart Little as White's best children's book, but I think Trumpet wins hands down. White has some wonderful descriptions, and there is an overwhelming sense of a love of nature in the book.
My favorite of all EB White books. Even though it's not as famous as Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little it was the most touching and most memorable for me.
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