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The Silver Swan

The Silver Swan

by Michael Morpurgo (Author), Christian Birmingham (Illustrator), Michael Morpurgo (Author), Christian Birmingham (Illustrator), Christian Birmingham (Illustrator), Michael Morpurgo (Author)

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    Illustrated 2001

    $3.76

  • Used

    Hardcover 2000

    $3.24
Synopsis

A boy living by a Scottish loch sees a beautiful silver swan land on the water. She remains at the loch, mates and there are soon five cygnets too. The boy watches them in awe and pride. When snowy winter sets in, all the birds and animals around the loch must scavenge desperately for food. The fox also has cubs to feed...A remarkably dramatic and compassionate story about Nature, magnificently told and stunningly illustrated with sweeping pastel landscapes.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 32
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Published: 03 Sep 2001
ISBN 10: 0552546143
ISBN 13: 9780552546140
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years
 Book Overview: An exquisite picture book, telling the romantic story of a family of swans and the boy who watches over them.

Media Reviews
A book for the whole family to treasure, the artwork shines with a strangely luminous beauty. A truly wonderful book * Guardian *
Moments of rage and poignancy . . . Christian Birmingham's atmospheric pictures powerfully expose the terrible beauty of the real world * Junior Education *
Beautifully craftered . . . not a word too many, not a word out of place . . . Birmingham's dramatic images hauntingly recreate the spellbinding text. A masterpiece to be reasured by young and old alike * Carousel *
An awe-inspiring and poignant glimpse of nature's inner workings * Publishers Weekly *
A chokingly moving, unsentimental story of a boy's attachment to a swan * Literary Review *
Author Bio
Michael Morpurgo is one of today's most popular and critically acclaimed children's writers, author of KENSUKE'S KINGDOM and THE WRECK OF THE ZANZIBAR amongst many other titles. He has won a multitude of prizes including the Children's Book Award, the Smarties Prize and the Writer's Guild Award.